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Locality Name:
Cofer Prospect (Piedmont Mineral Associates Prospect), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 104199
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-104199.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cofer Prospect (Piedmont Mineral Associates Prospect), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°2'59"N
Longitude: 77°52'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.049722222222,-77.875277777778

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Devilline	Diaspore	Digenite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kieserite	Kobellite	Linarite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Starkeyite	Tetrahedrite

Antlerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bianchite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gudmundite ()*
Gunningite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kobellite ()*
Linarite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbonacrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Serpierite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bournonite Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Devilline Diaspore Digenite Gypsum Hexahydrite Kieserite Kobellite Linarite Marcasite Melanterite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Starkeyite Tetrahedrite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	246
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	40
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	170
Gunningite ()*	Kieserite	Zn(SO₄)·H₂O	48
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅	87
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Plumbonacrite ()*	None	Pb₅(CO₃)₃O(OH)₂	13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	292
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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