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:
Lyndhurst-Vesuvius District, Northern Section - Blue Ridge Province, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 105365
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105365.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lyndhurst-Vesuvius District, Northern Section - Blue Ridge Province, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Black Shaft Mine
Blue Bank Mine
Crooks Run Prospect
Kennedy Mine
Lyndhurst-Vesuvius
Manganese Hollow Workings
Mount Torry Mine
Red Mountain Mine
Robinson Hollow Prospect
Shields Mine
Vesuvius Mine (Fauber Mine)

Latitude: 37°57'42"N
Longitude: 79°3'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.961666666667,-79.053055555556

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.

Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Rhodonite	Rutile

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 C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Coronadite Corundum Diaspore None Rhodonite Rutile

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Manganite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Rhodonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	2	279787,279791	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	279787	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	279793	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	279790,279793	14640
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	279793	210
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	279793	770
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	279787,279789,279793	3106
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	279790	969

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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