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Magnetite from
Irish Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Creek
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 Irish Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:995242
Long-form Identifier:1:3:995242:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Magnetite in this Region
Cash Mine (Panther Run Mine; Irish Creek Tin Mines), Irish Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘAmerican Cyanimid Wood Pit (S. V. Wood Tract; B. F. Camden Tract; Thomas Wood Deposit), Roseland Anorthosite, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘBuffalo River Prospect, Roseland, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
21.2km (13.1 miles) ⓘSmith Prospect (J. D. Smith Tract), Roseland, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) ⓘRoseland, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) ⓘU. S. Titanium Company Mine (Warwick Prospect; American Cyanamide Piney River Mine), Roseland, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘJ. D. Johnson Prospect, Roseland, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
41.1km (25.5 miles) ⓘLewis Tunnel and Price Shaft, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
42.6km (26.5 miles) ⓘRiverville Hematite Mines (Dyestone Ridge Hematite Mines - Gardenfield Tunnel), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
42.8km (26.6 miles) ⓘRiverville Hematite Mines (Divestone Ridge Hematite Mines), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
43.2km (26.8 miles) ⓘGreenway Mines and Church Tunnel, Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
References
Dietrich, R. V. (1990) Minerals of Virginia. Virginia Geological Survey.
 
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