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Magnetite from
Appomattox Quarry (Appomattox Lime Company), Appomattox County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Appomattox Quarry (Appomattox Lime Company), Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:368668
Long-form Identifier:1:3:368668:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘHart Tunnel, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘCanal Tunnel Hematite Magnetite Prospect (Part of Prospecting In Riverville Mines System; Pl; 2 No. 144.; Known As Canal Tunnel; Riverville Hematite Mine Espenshade 1954), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘRiverville Hematite Mines (Divestone Ridge Hematite Mines), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘRiverville Hematite Mines (Dyestone Ridge Hematite Mines - Gardenfield Tunnel), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Tunnels; Open Cuts & Shafts (MRDS - 10084452), Allens Creek, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘIce Cliff Tunnel et al., Amherst County, Virginia, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘGreenway Mines and Church Tunnel, Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
13.6km (8.5 miles) ⓘLewis Tunnel and Price Shaft, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘRailroad Iron Property (Wood Iron Mine; Unnamed Limonite Mine), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘBoxley Quarry (Mt. Athos Quarry), Campbell County, Virginia, USA
References
Dietrich, R. V. (1990) Minerals of Virginia. Virginia Geological Survey.
 
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