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Locality Name:
Gossan Mine, Fries, Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll Co., Virginia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 11433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gossan Mine, Fries, Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopiapiteCorundumEpidoteGarnetHexahydriteKieseriteNickeline
NonePyriteRutileSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrohexahydrite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
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)2100054103419
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21000541027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O10005410382
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)100054108173
Ferrohexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteFe2+(SO4)·6H2O1000541021
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31000541014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41000541014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21000541039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8100054109056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2100054105614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3100054101214
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O10005410139


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-010751000541Late Proterozoic     Yes  11508Iron Ridge Mine (Bumbarger Pit; Great Outburst Mine; Huey Pit; Monarat Mine), Fries, Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll Co., Virginia, USAGossan Howard-Huey-BumbargerMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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