Prince William Forest Park in Triangle in Prince William County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Pyrite Mine Road

Cabin Branch Mine Trail

— National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

Pyrite Mine Road Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 12, 2021

1. Pyrite Mine Road Marker

Inscription. Take the Pyrite Mine Road and follow the orange blazes of Cabin Branch Mine Trail. You will pass a series of concrete foundations and capped mineshafts. On the northern side of Quantico Creek, follow the trail and boardwalk to a large viewing platform. Look across the hillside where the mine's headframe building building once stood. Cabin Branch Mine was one of Virginia's pyrite mines. Return to this location via Pyrite Mine Road. The loop totals 1.5 miles.

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The mining operations had more than 70 buildings on the banks of Quantico Creek.

A narrow-gauge railroad, similar to the one shown, hauled the pyrite ore to barges on the Potomac River.

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Natural Resources.

Location. 38° 34.739′ N, 77° 21.888′ W. Marker is in Triangle, Virginia, in Prince William County. It is in Prince William Forest Park. It is on Scenic Drive just south of Pyrite Mine Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Triangle VA 22172, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area,

in Northern Virginia,

and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this

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marker, measured as the crow flies: Mary Bird Branch Trail (approx. 0.6 miles away); Pyrite Mine (approx. 0.7 miles away); Algonquian Trail (approx. ¾ mile away); Reclaiming the Land (approx. 0.9 miles away); Little Union Baptist Church (approx. one mile away); Old Cabin Branch / Clarkson School (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Little Union Baptist Church (approx. one mile away); White Oak (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Triangle.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 12, 2021

2. Pyrite Mine Road Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 12, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 389 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 12, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.