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Locality Name:
Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Floyd Co., Virginia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1132
Youngest recorded age at locality: 895

mindat Locality ID: 105388
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105388.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Floyd Co., Virginia, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Black Run Prospect
Brinton Mine (United States Mine)
Brush Creek Prospect (Walters Place Prospect)
Hogan Prospect
Laurel Creek Mine
Lester McAlexander Mine (Luster McAlexander Mine)
Lick Fork Deposit (John Light's Mine; Flat Run Mine; Virginia Nickel Corp Prospect; Mackusick Mine)
Powhatan Williams Prospect
Rocky Knob Prospect
Southern Lead
Sugar Run Prospect
Vest Prospect (Hemlock Mine; C .W. Vest Mine)
Weddle Prospect

Latitude: 36°57'47"N
Longitude: 80°19'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.963055555556,-80.316944444444

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.

Adelite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Roselite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kröhnkite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tephroite ()*	Violarite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Lepidocrocite Malachite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Roselite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	280871	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	280857,280869	9052
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			6	280859,280867,280868,280870,280871,280874	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	280862,280863,280869,280871,280872	27198
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	280871	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	280857	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	280871	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	280857	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1132	895	3	280856,280861,280863	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	280866,280867	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1132	895	4	280856,280858,280860,280861	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	280871	6890
Kröhnkite ()*	Roselite	Na₂Cu(SO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	280871	27
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	280868	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	280859,280866,280869,280871	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	280857,280863,280871	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	280871	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	280856	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	280857	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	280872,280873	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			15	280857,280858,280859,280860,280862,280863,280864,280866,280867,280868,280869,280870,280871,280873,280874	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			9	280856,280859,280862,280864,280866,280867,280869,280871,280873	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1132	895	12	280856,280857,280858,280860,280861,280863,280864,280867,280868,280869,280871,280874	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	280857	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	280857,280863	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	280862,280869,280871	21482
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	280871	240
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	280862	380
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	280857	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	280857	5251

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01187_206_238	943	943	943	206_238	zircon	Zircon	103674	Lester McAlexander Mine (Luster McAlexander Mine), Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Floyd Co., Virginia, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01187_207_206	1129	1129	1129	207_206	zircon	Zircon	103674	Lester McAlexander Mine (Luster McAlexander Mine), Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Floyd Co., Virginia, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01187_207_235	996	996	996	207_235	zircon	Zircon	103674	Lester McAlexander Mine (Luster McAlexander Mine), Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Floyd Co., Virginia, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01188_206_238	895	895	895	206_238	zircon	Zircon	103674	Lester McAlexander Mine (Luster McAlexander Mine), Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Floyd Co., Virginia, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01188_207_206	1132	1132	1132	207_206	zircon	Zircon	103674	Lester McAlexander Mine (Luster McAlexander Mine), Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Floyd Co., Virginia, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01188_207_235	962	962	962	207_235	zircon	Zircon	103674	Lester McAlexander Mine (Luster McAlexander Mine), Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Floyd Co., Virginia, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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