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Molybdenite from
Rutherford Mines, Amelia (Amelia Court House), Amelia County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rutherford Mines, Amelia (Amelia Court House), Amelia County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:266252
Long-form Identifier:1:3:266252:7
GUID (UUID V4):ea512798-48b3-4f7c-8f6b-dcfb0d4121b2
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
6.4km (4.0 miles) Morefield Mine (Morefield pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia County, Virginia, USA
77.5km (48.1 miles) Cofer prospect (Piedmont Mineral Associates prospect), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
86.5km (53.8 miles) Trego Quarry, Greensville County, Virginia, USA
References
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Report (issue)
and gold New England sapphires (upper left); molybdenite and quartz from Kingsgate (lower left, see Photograph.............................................. Molybdenite (bismuth) pipe and vein occurrences ......................................... Disseminated molybdenite .......................................................................................... Molybdenite–bismuth .............................................................. The distribution of molybdenite occurrences in the Kingsgate area ..........
Journal (issue)
...•................ XXXVIII. XXXIX. XL. Shaft house and mill building, DomInion Antimony Company .....completely discontinued, and the system of working the mines by tribute was introduced, became very general,...plans or records were kept, and the roofs of the mines were destroyed by the removal of the upper parts...made by men of ex;perience and training to re-open mines that had been idle for ten or fifteen years, and...he has also prepared sections of some important mines such as the Libbey, the Bluenose, the West Lake
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industry. Growth of the productive capacity of mines and a rise in labour productivity are unimaginable...number of minerals used was doubled. The first mines for flint, salt, and mineral pigments were developed...Egypt, Ancient Rome, and China. Traces of ancient mines have been found in the USSR, in the Urals, the Altai...1584. In 1700 a Depart­ ment of Mines was created, and in 1719 the Mines Administration. Thus, mining as...the maximum increase of labour productivity in mines and improvement of mineral extraction processes
 
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