| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Dolomite |
| Formula: | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Dolomite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Shelton Quarry (Solite Quarry), Caswell County, North Carolina, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 707926 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:707926:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d65d3178-97fd-49cd-a992-8d3d1a1dc4f5 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite |
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| 50.0km (31.1 miles) | ⓘFlannigan Mine (Graham and Robinson Mine; Flanagan Mine), Austinville Lead-Zinc-Iron Mining District, Pulaski County, Virginia, USA |
| 89.0km (55.3 miles) | ⓘTungsten Queen Mine and plant (Hamme Mine; Haile Mines; Sneed-Walker), Tungsten, Hamme Tungsten Mining District, Vance County, North Carolina, USA |
| 90.2km (56.1 miles) | ⓘMartin and Wertz Mine (Martin Prospect; Grandin Court School), Austinville Lead-Zinc-Iron Mining District, Roanoke (City), Virginia, USA |
| 92.1km (57.2 miles) | ⓘTices Mill Prospect (Piedmont Prospect), Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA |
| 92.1km (57.2 miles) | ⓘCamp Kiwanianna Prospect, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA |
| 94.0km (58.4 miles) | ⓘAlleghany Springs Prospect, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA |
| 95.3km (59.2 miles) | ⓘBonsack Prospect, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA |
| 97.6km (60.7 miles) | ⓘLanghorne and Wills Prospects (Bonys Run Prospects), Roanoke River, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA |
| References |
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Ackermann, Rolf V., Schlische, Roy W., Patino, Lina C., and Johnson, Lois A., 2003, "A Lagerstatte of Rift-Related Tectonic Structures from the Solite Quarry, Dan River - Danville Rift Basin", in Peter M. Letourneau and Paul E. Olsen (editors), The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America, volume 1, p. 118-133. |
