Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba District, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 105361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba District, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Allen's Creek Iron Mine (Mundy; Elk Creek Iron Mine)
Canal Tunnel Hematite Magnetite Prospect (Part Of Prospecting In Riverville Mines System; Pl; 2 No. 144.; Known As Canal Tunnel; Riverville Hematite Mine Espenshade 1954)
Christian Mn-Fe Prospect
Lone Pine Hematite Mine
Maude Hematite Mine (Maude View)
Riverville Cliff Iron Mine (Dover Riverville; Cliff Iron Mine; Mundy; Adams Scott Iron Mine)
Riverville Hematite Mines (Divestone Ridge Hematite Mines)
Riverville Hematite Mines (Dyestone Ridge Hematite Mines - Gardenfield Tunnel)
Riverville Hematite Mines (St. James South Hematite Mine)
Round Mountain Hematite Mines

Latitude: 37°30'51"N
Longitude: 79°2'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.514166666667,-79.035

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.

Baryte	Corundum	None	Spinel

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 Fe O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Corundum None Spinel

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	279601	11547
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	279595,279600,279601,279603	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	279595,279600,279601	14899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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