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Clay (commodity) from
Mine Nuumber 5 (Richland Mine), Tazewell County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Commodity:Clay (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Clay (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mine Nuumber 5 (Richland Mine), Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1120912
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1120912:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other deposits of Clay (commodity)
19.2km (11.9 miles) Tazewell Clay Products Mine, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
35.6km (22.1 miles) Richardson Pit, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
45.8km (28.5 miles) General Shale Products Pit, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
45.8km (28.5 miles) Marion Mine (General Shale Products Corp.), Groseclose, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
46.8km (29.1 miles) Mine No. 3, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
58.7km (36.5 miles) Shale Pit (MRDS - 10276584), Lime Hill, Washington County, Virginia, USA
63.8km (39.7 miles) Roadcut Shale, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
64.2km (39.9 miles) Highway 80 Roadcut Prospect, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
88.5km (55.0 miles) Pine Mountain Gap Shale Prospect, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
95.2km (59.2 miles) Broadway Tract (General Shale Products Corp.; Johnson City Pit), Washington County, Tennessee, USA
 
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