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Locality Name:
Arminius Mine, Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 8487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arminius Mine, Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°2'10"N
Longitude: 77°53'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.036111111111,-77.899166666667
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopperCorundum
DevillineEpidoteEpsomiteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StarkeyiteSulphurTetrahedrite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O40445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O0293
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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