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Chalcopyrite from
Sims Mine (Piedmont Copper Company Mine; Tunnel Tract Mine; Bootens Gap Mine), Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Greene County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sims Mine (Piedmont Copper Company Mine; Tunnel Tract Mine; Bootens Gap Mine), Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Greene County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:344117
Long-form Identifier:1:3:344117:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘHightop Mine, Hightop, Standardsville, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Greene County, Virginia, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘDark Hollow Mine (Blue Ridge Copper Company Mine), Fishers Gap, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Madison County, Virginia, USA
26.3km (16.4 miles) ⓘHickory Ridge Quarry, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
26.6km (16.5 miles) ⓘTaylors Prospect (Somerset Prospect), Barboursville Basin, Orange County, Virginia, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘStony Point Mine, Stony Point, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) ⓘMinnick Prospect (Wise Prospect), New Market, Shenandoah Valley, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘCulpeper Prospect, Culpeper Basin, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
41.9km (26.0 miles) ⓘShadwell Mine (Chalottesville Quarry), Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
45.9km (28.5 miles) ⓘLuckstone quarry (Culpeper Stone Company Inc. quarry), Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
46.3km (28.8 miles) ⓘEmpire Mine, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Warren County, Virginia, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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