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Locality Name:
Roseland, Nelson Co., Virginia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 980
Youngest recorded age at locality: 892

mindat Locality ID: 4209
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4209.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roseland, Nelson Co., Virginia, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
American Rutile Quarry
Blue Rock Farm Prospect (E. M. Hughes Deposit)
Giles-Hite Prospect (A. T. Stratton Prospect; Hight Prospect; Hite Prospect; H. M. Giles Prospect; Shelton Prospect; H. H. Harvey Prospect)
J. D. Johnson Prospect
Massies Mill
T. M. Boyd Prospect

Latitude: 37°46'51"N
Longitude: 78°57'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.780833333333,-78.966111111111

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 C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mg O Si Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteChevkiniteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelTitaniteZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anatase  (*)Augite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)29808922281972,2819743419
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212819722162
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612819722060
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128197227198
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O69808920944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12819728173
Graphite  (*)NoneC9808923281972,281974,2819762812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O39808925281972,281973,281974,281975,2819775433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128197514899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2281972,2819734924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)29808922281972,28197417380
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4MgFe3+2Ti2O8(Si2O7)2128197646
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29808922281974,28197539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29808923281972,281974,28197561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO29808922281972,2819745614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O9808922281972,2819744899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212819722562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)98089205251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12819721025



3 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
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01902_206_238892892892206_238 zircon   Zircon  104310Giles-Hite Prospect (A. T. Stratton Prospect; Hight Prospect; Hite Prospect; H. M. Giles Prospect; Shelton Prospect; H. H. Harvey Prospect), Roseland, Nelson Co., Virginia, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01902_207_206980980980207_206 zircon   Zircon  104310Giles-Hite Prospect (A. T. Stratton Prospect; Hight Prospect; Hite Prospect; H. M. Giles Prospect; Shelton Prospect; H. H. Harvey Prospect), Roseland, Nelson Co., Virginia, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01902_207_235918918918207_235 zircon   Zircon  104310Giles-Hite Prospect (A. T. Stratton Prospect; Hight Prospect; Hite Prospect; H. M. Giles Prospect; Shelton Prospect; H. H. Harvey Prospect), Roseland, Nelson Co., Virginia, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 


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