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Siderite from
Esmont Slate Quarry, Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Siderite
Formula:FeCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Siderite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esmont Slate Quarry, Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:64277
Long-form Identifier:1:3:64277:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Siderite
38.6km (24.0 miles) ⓘStony Point Mine, Stony Point, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
48.5km (30.2 miles) ⓘNo. 1 Workings Irish Creek (Irish Creek Tin Deposits), Cash Mine (Panther Run Mine; Irish Creek Tin Mines), Irish Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘIrish Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
66.7km (41.4 miles) ⓘArminius Mine, Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
67.6km (42.0 miles) ⓘBoyd-Smith Mine (Groome Mine; Lennig Mine; Smith Mine), Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
69.1km (43.0 miles) ⓘSulphur Mine (Crenshaw Mine; Victoria Furnace Mine), Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
74.0km (46.0 miles) ⓘStoutameyer Branch (Stotameyer Creek), West Augusta, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
80.6km (50.1 miles) ⓘMorefield Mine (Morefield pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia County, Virginia, USA
81.2km (50.5 miles) ⓘValzinco Mine (Halladay Mine; Holloday Mine; Panaminus mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
97.3km (60.5 miles) ⓘMitchell Mine (Hottinger Mine), Otter Hill, Moneta-Forest, Bedford County, Virginia, USA
References
Rocks & Min.:60:165.
Penick, D. Allen (1985) Virginia, Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 60 (4) 164-170 doi:10.1080/00357529.1985.11764398
 
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