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Chalcopyrite from
Hightop Mine, Hightop, Standardsville, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Greene County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hightop Mine, Hightop, Standardsville, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Greene County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:68426
Long-form Identifier:1:3:68426:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘSims Mine (Piedmont Copper Company Mine; Tunnel Tract Mine; Bootens Gap Mine), Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Greene County, Virginia, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘHickory Ridge Quarry, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘDark Hollow Mine (Blue Ridge Copper Company Mine), Fishers Gap, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Madison County, Virginia, USA
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘStony Point Mine, Stony Point, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
30.5km (19.0 miles) ⓘTaylors Prospect (Somerset Prospect), Barboursville Basin, Orange County, Virginia, USA
35.4km (22.0 miles) ⓘMinnick Prospect (Wise Prospect), New Market, Shenandoah Valley, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
37.6km (23.4 miles) ⓘShadwell Mine (Chalottesville Quarry), Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
41.6km (25.9 miles) ⓘSuperior Stone Quarry (Red Hill Quarry), Red Hill, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
49.5km (30.7 miles) ⓘCulpeper Prospect, Culpeper Basin, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
50.1km (31.1 miles) ⓘAlberene Soapstone Quarry, Alberene, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
References
Rocks & Min.:60:167.
 
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