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Hematite from
Cave Hill Iron Mine (Dry Run Iron Mine), Cripple Creek-New River, Wythe County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cave Hill Iron Mine (Dry Run Iron Mine), Cripple Creek-New River, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:345292
Long-form Identifier:1:3:345292:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘDavis Prospect (Newland Farm Lead Mine), Cedar Springs Mining District, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘWinn Prospect 1910 (Wedlight Mine; Langley Mine; The Ol' Ore Mine), Pulaski-Smyth Limonite Mining District, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
22.1km (13.7 miles) ⓘBarton Bank, Pulaski-Wythe Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘBishop Mine, Pulaski-Smyth Mining District, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘBlevin Mine, Gossan Lead Mining District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Grayson County, Virginia, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) ⓘLee Pugh Prospect, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘJohn L. Pugh Prospect, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) ⓘJohn Black Magnetite Mine (Helton Knob Mine), Poison Branch Belt of Deposits, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘW. H. Brown Prospect, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
36.1km (22.4 miles) ⓘDavid Blevins Prospect, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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