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Locality Name:
Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105389
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105389.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna Co., Virginia, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Bartlett Place Mine
Bowles Mine
Cassell's Mine
Cocke Property Prospect (Cox Property)
Fountain Mine
Hughes Mine
Jennings Property Mine
Lemuel Marks Property
Long Island Creek
McGloam Mine
Mosby Mine (Mosbey Property)
Page Mine
Prospect A Fluvanna Company
Prospect B Fluvanna Company
Scotia Mine (Perkins Mine)
Shaw Mine
Snead Mine
Stockton's Mine
Tellurium Mine (Fisher Mine; Hughes Mine; Red Mine)

Latitude: 37°49'47"N
Longitude: 78°8'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.829722222222,-78.147222222222
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Pb S Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
KaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
SulphurTetradymiteTitaniteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Selenium  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12809328803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2280926,28093427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128093227198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12809208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4280923,280926,280932,28093424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12809167437
Gold  (*)CopperAu20280915,280916,280917,280918,280919,280920,280921,280922,280923,280924,280925,280926,280927,280928,280929,280930,280931,280932,280933,28093430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34280917,280919,280920,28092914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12809321689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32280930,2809345433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412809345591
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)21280934210
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O47280916,280917,280919,280920,280924,280929,28093414899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24280920,280926,280929,28093417380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2280930,2809322349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29280916,280917,280924,280926,280929,280930,280931,280932,28093439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12809321725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215280915,280916,280917,280919,280922,280924,280926,280927,280928,280929,280930,280931,280932,280933,28093461156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4128092364
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24280916,280920,280924,2809345614
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1280934143
Silver  (*)CopperAg12809345186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3280920,280932,28093421482
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1280934190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31280934276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1280934510
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12809344899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3280916,280924,2809345251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12809201025


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