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Locality Name:
Betty Baker Mine (Bettie Baker Mine; Paint Bank Mine; Carter Mine), Betty Baker Segment, Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 103374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-103374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Betty Baker Mine (Bettie Baker Mine; Paint Bank Mine; Carter Mine), Betty Baker Segment, Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°50'43"N
Longitude: 80°43'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.845277777778,-80.724444444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeGarnetLöllingite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562


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