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Locality Name:
Virgilina District, Charlotte Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Virgilina District, Charlotte Co., Virginia, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Barnes Mine (Barnes Prospect)
Crenshaw Prospect
Daniel's Mine
Gilliam Prospect
Grove Mine (Groves Mine)
Maclean Shaft Prospect
McNeny Prospect
Wilson Prospect

Latitude: 36°56'10"N
Longitude: 78°33'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.936111111111,-78.566111111111
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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidoteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzRutileSpinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Petzite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Spionkopite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4088
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22280512,2805155509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS47280511,280512,280513,280514,280515,280516,2805175516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3280511,280516,28051727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S7280511,280512,280513,280514,280515,280516,2805175707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128051527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12805134165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12805132970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S12805131027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S160300
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3280511,280516,2805178173
Gold  (*)CopperAu128051330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32280511,28051714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1280513804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33280511,280512,2805135433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27280511,280512,280513,280514,280515,280516,28051712537
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21280513409
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27280511,280512,280513,280514,280515,280516,28051761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22280512,2805135614
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28073
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S8070


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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