Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Buckingham Mines (Wiseman Mines; Incl. Eldridge's Mine; Hesse's Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 103205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-103205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buckingham Mines (Wiseman Mines; Incl. Eldridge's Mine; Hesse's Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°33'1"N
Longitude: 78°27'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.550277777778,-78.466388888889

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.

Apatite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Gypsum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Gypsum Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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