Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, United States

Alternative Names:	Abbeville, Evansham, Vidvil, Wytheville, wei si wei er, Видвил, 威斯维尔
Type:	Seat of a second-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:	Wythe County, Virginia, USA
Region:	Wythe County, Virginia, United States
Latitude:	36° 56' 54" N
Longitude:	81° 5' 5" W
Lat/Long (dec):	36.94845,-81.08481
Köppen climate type:	Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Elevation:	697m
Population:	8,115 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:	4794837
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:4794837:0
GUID:	0

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Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10276369), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 55' 40" N	81° 4' 16" W	2.6km (1.6 miles)
Shaffer Mill, Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 55' 15" N	81° 4' 38" W	3.1km (2.0 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10300988), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 55' 12" N	81° 3' 30" W	3.9km (2.4 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10276443), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 54' 27" N	81° 4' 43" W	4.6km (2.8 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10227846), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 55' 18" N	81° 2' 22" W	5.0km (3.1 miles)
Quarry (MRDS - 10180330), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 54' 7" N	81° 5' 15" W	5.1km (3.2 miles)
Sand Mountain Sand Corp. Quarry, Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 54' 10" N	81° 5' 52" W	5.2km (3.2 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10156079), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 54' 55" N	81° 2' 16" W	5.6km (3.5 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252704), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 55' 6" N	81° 1' 35" W	6.1km (3.8 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252529), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 54' 27" N	81° 1' 54" W	6.5km (4.1 miles)
Manganese Workings No. 2 (Big Lick), Lick Mountain, Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 53' 50" N	81° 2' 50" W	6.6km (4.1 miles)
Manganese Workings No. 3, Lick Mountain, Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 53' 54" N	81° 2' 16" W	7.0km (4.3 miles)
Lick Mt. Area/Big Lick, Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 53' 48" N	81° 2' 24" W	7.0km (4.3 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10276708), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 52' 48" N	81° 4' 41" W	7.6km (4.7 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252694), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 53' 33" N	81° 1' 59" W	7.7km (4.8 miles)
Manganese Workings No. 5, Lick Mountain, Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 53' 25" N	81° 2' 9" W	7.8km (4.8 miles)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10227743), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 53' 10" N	81° 7' 32" W	7.8km (4.9 miles)
Paint Bank, Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 52' 55" N	81° 3' 15" W	7.8km (4.9 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10204012), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 53' 3" N	81° 2' 51" W	7.9km (4.9 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10131246), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 53' 4" N	81° 7' 24" W	7.9km (4.9 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252699), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 53' 14" N	81° 7' 47" W	7.9km (4.9 miles)
Manganese Workings No. 4 Prospect, Lick Mountain, Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 54' 20" N	81° 0' 48" W	7.9km (4.9 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10227861), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 53' 42" N	81° 1' 28" W	8.0km (5.0 miles)
Manganese Workings No. 1, Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 54' 33" N	81° 0' 27" W	8.1km (5.0 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10300886), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 53' 31" N	81° 1' 35" W	8.1km (5.1 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10179811), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 54' 2" N	81° 0' 46" W	8.3km (5.2 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10203793), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 54' 46" N	80° 59' 57" W	8.5km (5.3 miles)
Dungeon Bank, Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 53' 9" N	81° 1' 40" W	8.6km (5.3 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252582), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 54' 11" N	81° 0' 22" W	8.6km (5.4 miles)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10131334), Wythe County, Virginia, USA	36° 54' 4" N	81° 0' 26" W	8.7km (5.4 miles)

Minerals recorded nearby (within 8.7 km)

ⓘ 'Psilomelane'

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America	Continent
North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Appalachian Basin, North America Plate	Basin
SCAB Domain, North America Plate	Domain
Southern and Central Applachian, North America Plate	Accretionary Complex
USA	Country
Virginia, USA	State
Wythe County, Virginia, USA	County

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