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Locality Name:
Scott Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scott Co., Virginia, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Alleys Chapel
Arcadia District
Brickey Prospect (Hagan Property Prospect)
Buckners Ridge Prospect
C. B. Haynes Farm Prospect
Carter Farm Tract Prospect (Fulton Mineral Lands)
Charles Perry Mine
Cowans Branch Prospect
Houstan Zinc Prospect
Johnson Springs
Lane Prospect
Marble Point Church
Natural Tunnel
Natural Tunnel Stone Quarry
Nickelsville
Perry Land Prospect
Powers Prospect
Quarry (MRDS - 10131172)
Quarry (MRDS - 10155678)
Quarry (MRDS - 10155898)
Quarry (MRDS - 10179393)
Quarry (MRDS - 10281482)
Quarry (MRDS - 10301205)
Quarry (MRDS - 10301301)
Robinson Prospect
Snowflake Fluorite Prospect
Speers Ferry Quarry
Sunbright Mine
Tri State Limestone Quarry
Unnamed Manganese (MRDS - 10084059)
V. D. Harris Prospect
W. A. Richardson Tract Occurrence

Latitude: 36°42'36"N
Longitude: 82°35'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.71,-82.591388888889

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg N O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeFluoriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Niter  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)128268511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3282676,282685,28270027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128267627198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24282676,282677,282685,2827009895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212827009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128267624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12826847437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33282674,282684,28268614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12826851689
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)1282687181
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22282676,28268539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23282676,282684,28268961156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12826852473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3282676,282677,28268521482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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