Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Craig Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 105380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105380.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Craig Co., Virginia, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Chevy Mine
Cliff Prospect (Overbeck)
Double Ridge Mine
Fenwick Iron Mines
Gusler Mine (H. M. Reynolds)
Hoffman Mine (Givens)
Lignite Mine (MRDS - 10067217)
New Castle
Peters Creek
Potts Valley Prospect
Red Brush Mine (Peters Hill)
Saltpeter Cave
Sweet Springs

Latitude: 37°30'29"N
Longitude: 80°12'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.508055555556,-80.205555555556

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	None

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 Ba Fe H K Li Mn N O Pb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Coronadite Corundum None

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcophanite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Niter ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	280561	197
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	280561	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	280561	599
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	280554	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	280561	243
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	280561	210
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	280562	181

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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