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Goethite from
Cofer prospect (Piedmont Mineral Associates prospect), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cofer prospect (Piedmont Mineral Associates prospect), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:367995
Long-form Identifier:1:3:367995:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘSulphur Mine (Crenshaw Mine; Victoria Furnace Mine), Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘBoyd-Smith Mine (Groome Mine; Lennig Mine; Smith Mine), Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘKent Prospect, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘShannon Hill Property Mine, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Goochland County, Virginia, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘBowles Mine, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA
40.5km (25.1 miles) ⓘU.S. Highway 33, Orange County, Virginia, USA
41.3km (25.6 miles) ⓘPiedmont Pyrites and Mineral Corporation Prospect, Madison County, Virginia, USA
43.6km (27.1 miles) ⓘStony Point Mine, Stony Point, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
51.4km (32.0 miles) ⓘAsh Lawn, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
51.5km (32.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fe occurrence, Rio, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
References
Dietrich, R. V. (1990) Minerals of Virginia. Virginia Geological Survey.
 
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