Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Stony Point Mine, Stony Point, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23532
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23532.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stony Point Mine, Stony Point, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°7'0"N
Longitude: 78°22'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.116666666667,-78.366666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Siderotil ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	84

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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