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Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Historic District

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Coordinates: 38°34′36″N 77°21′02″W / 38.57667°N 77.35056°W / 38.57667; -77.35056
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Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Historic District
Bin ruins in the Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Historic District, May 2007
Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Historic District is located in Northern Virginia
Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Historic District
Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Historic District is located in Virginia
Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Historic District
Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Historic District is located in the United States
Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Historic District
LocationPrince William Forest Park, Triangle, Virginia
Coordinates38°34′36″N 77°21′02″W / 38.57667°N 77.35056°W / 38.57667; -77.35056
Area68 acres (28 ha)
Built1889 (1889)
NRHP reference No.02001517[1]
VLR No.076-0289
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 2002
Designated VLRJune 12, 2002[2]

Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Historic District is a national historic district located at Prince William Forest Park, Triangle, Prince William County, Virginia. It encompasses 4 contributing sites and 42 contributing structures associated with the Cabin Branch pyrite mine. The pyrite mine opened in 1889, and remained in operation until 1919 or 1920. The property includes a number of capped mine shafts, and the remains of a commissary building and an old mill; and mine structures, including crusher house, mill, mechanical and support buildings, numerous rail lines.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Kay Fanning (October 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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