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Locality Name:
James River-Roanoke River Manganese District, Appomattox Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105363
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105363.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "James River-Roanoke River Manganese District, Appomattox Co., Virginia, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Beckham
Chestnut Mt. Prospect No. 1
Chestnut Mt. Prospect No. 2
Ferguson And Isbell Mine
Hancock-Ferguson Mine
Moore Mine (Wreck Island Creek Mine)
Stonewall Creek Valley No. 1 Prospect
Stonewall Creek Valley No. 2 Prospect

Latitude: 37°27'1"N
Longitude: 78°57'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.450277777778,-78.965277777778
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 Cu Fe H K Mn O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteCoronaditeCorundumNonePyriteQuartzRutileSphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Hematite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412796815516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127968127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12796813531
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161279676599
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127968114640
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1279676770
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127968139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22279676,27968161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127968121482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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