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Locality Name:
Allah Cooper Mine (Alley-Cooper Mine; Ali Cooper Mine; Valcooper Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 104190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-104190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Allah Cooper Mine (Alley-Cooper Mine; Ali Cooper Mine; Valcooper Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°4'26"N
Longitude: 77°51'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.073888888889,-77.859444444444
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: Ag Al Au B C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au B C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperDescloizite
DevillineLinariteMalachiteMelanteriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteTourmalineWavellite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Vauquelinite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O0293
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)063
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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