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Locality Name:
Giles-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

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

mindat Locality ID: 104310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-104310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giles-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": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°45'27"N
Longitude: 78°59'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.7575,-78.985277777778

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.

Amphibole	Clay	Corundum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

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 Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Corundum Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Titanite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	980	892	3419
Graphite ()*	None	C	980	892	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	980	892	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	980	892	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	980	892	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	980	892	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	980	892	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	980	892	4899

3 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-01902_206_238	892	892	892	206_238	zircon	Zircon	104310	Giles-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_206	980	980	980	207_206	zircon	Zircon	104310	Giles-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_235	918	918	918	207_235	zircon	Zircon	104310	Giles-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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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