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Locality Name:
Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold-Pyrite Belt, Orange Co., Virginia, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Ambler Mine (Amler Mine)
Grasty Tract Mine (Chancellorsville Mine; Chicago-Virginia Mine; Dickey Mine; Grasty Mine)
Greenwood Mines (Laird Property Prospect)
H. Gordon's Prospect
Indian Town Prospect
Jones Prospect
Melville Mine (Rapidan Mine)
Old Tinder Mine (Chicago-Virginia Tract)
Orange Grove Prospect
Partridge Mine
Prospect A Orange Company
Railroad Cut
Randolph Mine
Saunders Prospect
Seldon Prospect
Somerville Prospect (Sommerville Prospect)
Stuart Prospect (Stewart Mine)
Vaucluse Mine (Grymes Mine; Grimes Mine)
Wilderness Mine
Woodman Prospect
Woodville Mine (Coalter's Mine; Coulter's Mine)
Young Prospect

Latitude: 38°18'29"N
Longitude: 77°47'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.308055555556,-77.798888888889

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperDiamondMarcasiteMicaNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22282042,2820533092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2282042,2820479052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128205327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25282037,282038,282042,282043,28205327198
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1282053697
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3282038,282042,28205324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu21282036,282037,282038,282039,282040,282041,282042,282043,282044,282045,282046,282048,282049,282050,282051,282052,282053,282054,282055,282056,28205730554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212820535674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22282042,28205317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28282036,282037,282038,282042,282043,282053,282054,28205639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812820429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217282036,282037,282038,282039,282040,282041,282042,282043,282045,282046,282049,282050,282052,282053,282054,282056,28205761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128204221482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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