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Locality Name:
Culpeper Basin, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105384
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105384.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Culpeper Basin, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Centreville
Chantilly Prospect A
Chantilly Prospect B
Greenbriar Prospect
Spencer Farm Prospect

Latitude: 38°52'40"N
Longitude: 77°25'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.877777777778,-77.426388888889
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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteApophylliteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteEttringiteFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetMalachite
MordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStilbiteTitaniteTourmalineWurtzite

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorapatite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Loudounite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Okenite  (*)Opal  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stellerite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12806612793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22280661,2806623419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12806618803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12806611627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312806611534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12806611588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12806611036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21280661718
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1280661161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)128066411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42280661,2806635516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128066027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1280661925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3280661,280663,2806665707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128066127198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1280661203
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12806611025
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S24128066143
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1280661498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612806614135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1280660648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12806618173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128066124243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1280661717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32280661,28066514640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O128066185
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312806615433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12806611271
Loudounite  (*)NoneNaCa5Zr4Si16O40(OH)11·8H2O12806612
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128066114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24280661,280664,280665,28066612537
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1280661425
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12806601508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1280660405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12806611236
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O128066171
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12806602994
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1280661363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22280660,2806611898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22280660,28066439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22280660,28066161156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12806615186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128066121482
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O1280661189
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O2280660,280661183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12806614899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212806622562
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS31280661297
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1280661372


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