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Chalcocite from
Mine Run Prospect, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Page County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mine Run Prospect, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Page County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:344576
Long-form Identifier:1:3:344576:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
41.8km (26.0 miles) ⓘSims Mine (Piedmont Copper Company Mine; Tunnel Tract Mine; Bootens Gap Mine), Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Greene County, Virginia, USA
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘHightop Mine, Hightop, Standardsville, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Greene County, Virginia, USA
66.4km (41.3 miles) ⓘFranklin Mine (Deep Run Mine), Midland, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
67.5km (41.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu prospect [1], Browns Cove, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
74.9km (46.6 miles) ⓘFairfax Quarry, Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
77.7km (48.3 miles) ⓘSpencer Farm Prospect, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
82.0km (51.0 miles) ⓘChantilly Prospect A, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
88.9km (55.2 miles) ⓘBoyd-Smith Mine (Groome Mine; Lennig Mine; Smith Mine), Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
89.1km (55.4 miles) ⓘCofer prospect (Piedmont Mineral Associates prospect), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
References
Bulletin 81.
Allen, R.M. Jr. (1967) Geology and Mineral Resources of Page County. Bulletin 81. Virginia Geological Survey
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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