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Quartzite from
Slippery Branch Limonite Prospect (Mount Athos Limonite Mine; Mount Athos Prospect), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Campbell County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Type:Quartzite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slippery Branch Limonite Prospect (Mount Athos Limonite Mine; Mount Athos Prospect), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1042780
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1042780:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartzite
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘJoshua Creek Manganese Mines, James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘRailroad Iron Property (Wood Iron Mine; Unnamed Limonite Mine), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) ⓘChestnut Mountain Hematite Mine (Twining Hematite Mine), Lynchburg, James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘLeets Manganese Mine (Whitman; Smithson; Trent; Mount Athos), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘLone Pine Hematite Mine, James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘStonewall Manganese Mine, James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
6.7km (4.1 miles) ⓘRound Mountain Hematite Mines, James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘButton Manganese Mine, James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘMoore Manganese Prospect (Nuttal Mn Prospect), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘChristian Mn-Fe Prospect, James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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