Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sugar Grove Basalt, Pendleton Co., West Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6913
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6913.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sugar Grove Basalt, Pendleton Co., West Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°26'49"N
Longitude: 79°21'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.446944444444,-79.356666666667

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Gypsum	Harmotome	Natrolite	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Clay Gypsum Harmotome Natrolite None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Thomsonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	290
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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