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Pyrite from
Boxley Quarry (Mt. Athos Quarry), Campbell County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boxley Quarry (Mt. Athos Quarry), Campbell County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:159199
Long-form Identifier:1:3:159199:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘConcord Mine, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
7.6km (4.8 miles) ⓘCarson Mine, Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘVirginia Greenstone Company Quarry, Lynchburg (City), Virginia, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘAppomattox Quarry (Appomattox Lime Company), Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘMoore Mine (Wreck Island Creek Mine), Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘState Lime Quarry, Bent Creek, Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘSaunders Barite-Pryite Mine, Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) ⓘHewitt Barite Mine, James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
32.9km (20.5 miles) ⓘAppomattox River Prospect, Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘU. S. Titanium Company Mine (Warwick Prospect; American Cyanamide Piney River Mine), Roseland, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
References
Dave Callahan (2008) Boxley Aggregates MT. Athos Quarry September 20, 2008. The Official Publication of The Gem and Mineral Society of Lynchburg, VA Inc 17(10):4-5
The Northern Virginia Mineral Club (2009) Field trip
 
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