| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Covellite |
| Formula: | CuS |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Covellite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Hightop Mine, Hightop, Standardsville, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Greene County, Virginia, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 366444 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:366444:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 23219277-d4bc-418b-800b-4f326f9c1016 |
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| 66.9km (41.5 miles) | ⓘCofer prospect (Piedmont Mineral Associates prospect), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA |
| 67.5km (42.0 miles) | ⓘMoss Mine, Tabscott, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Goochland County, Virginia, USA |
| 79.7km (49.5 miles) | ⓘFranklin Mine (Deep Run Mine), Midland, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA |
| 93.4km (58.0 miles) | ⓘFolly Mine (Buffalo Ridge Prospects; Folley Mine; Piedmont Copper Mines), Glades, Amherst County, Virginia, USA |
| 99.8km (62.0 miles) | ⓘChristian Tract Mine (Buffalo Ridge Prospects; Dunlap Mine; Piedmont Copper Mines), Glades, Amherst County, Virginia, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCAL INDEX Although perhaps best known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on...kyanite, Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral species. and D. A L L E N P E N I C K , JR. Virginia Division...Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S V I R G I N I A M I N E R A L L...world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R . V . Dietrich. A l |  | | Journal (issue) | | February 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R. V. Dietrich. Although...of the index. Some of the famous localities in Virginia, such Updated from Rocks and Minerals, Vol. 60...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed |  | | Report (volume) | | _______________________ Palia quarry type__ .. - - - Blue Ridge or Catoctm type___________________________ \...ores______________ - 15 Origin of ores of the Blue Ridge type____.__________ 15 Maine___________________..._ 16 Warren mine ____ 16 Milan mine ____________.._____________________ ._ 18 Lyman mine _______ _ _________...____________ '.__ 24 Copperfield or Ely mine ("Vershire mine).______i______ 24 History______________...character of ores____________________ Hartford County deposits__________________________ Simsbury (Newgate) |  | | 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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