| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Galena |
| Formula: | PbS |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Galena data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Melville Mine (Rapidan Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 344503 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:344503:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | ef8b833f-6bb5-4b22-b48e-07ae294897a9 |
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| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘVaucluse Mine (Grymes Mine; Grimes Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA |
| 2.2km (1.3 miles) | ⓘGreenwood Mines (Laird Property Prospect), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange County, Virginia, USA |
| 9.0km (5.6 miles) | ⓘUnited States Mines (Welford Mine), Rappahannock River, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA |
| 10.1km (6.3 miles) | ⓘPruitt No. 4 Prospect, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA |
| 12.0km (7.4 miles) | ⓘEagle Mine (Morgan and Rappahannock; Smith), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Stafford County, Virginia, USA |
| 13.5km (8.4 miles) | ⓘWhitehall Mines, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA |
| 16.9km (10.5 miles) | ⓘRoney Prospect, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA |
| 18.7km (11.6 miles) | ⓘNew Grindstone Mine, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA |
| 18.8km (11.7 miles) | ⓘGrindstone Mine (Hill Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA |
| 21.5km (13.3 miles) | ⓘValzinco Mine (Halladay Mine; Holloday Mine; Panaminus mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | AUGUST, 1971 GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet INTRODUCTION Virginia was one of the...the first gold-producing states in the nation. The earliest printed reference to gold in the State was...was in 1782, when Thomas Jefferson reported on a gold-bearing rock, weighing four pounds, that was found...falls. Several lode gold mines near the falls of the James River in Amherst County, as well as several...period of gold activity in Virginia was from 1830 thru 1856; the average annual value of gold produced |  | | Report (issue) | | the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound |
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