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Locality Name:
Giles Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105392.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giles Co., Virginia, USA": 61
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 45
Child Localities:
Big Stony Creek
Big Stony Junction
Butt Mountain Prospect
Canoe Cave
Carrie Prospect
Clover Hollow Cave
Collins Prospect
Curve Saltpeter Cave
Denison Prospect
Dismal Creek
Eaton Prospect
Flat Top Mountain
Flat Top Prospect
Goldbond
Graham Property Occurrence
Hare Mine (Beamer; Linkus & Shumate)
Herron Prospect
Hoge-Laing Prospect (Denison)
Interior Mine
Kimballton Mine
Laing Prospect; Gusler Mines (Price; Carrie)
Linkous And Shumate Prospect
M. L. Harrison Tract Prospect
Mill Creek Cuts (Chestnut Fiat Prospects)
Mountain Lake Cave
New River Cave
Newport
Pearis Mountain
Pearisburg
Pembroke
Pembroke Prospect (Snidow Prospect)
Peters Mountain
Pig Hole Cave
Porterfield Mine (Johnson Mine)
Price Prospect
R. P. Thompson Prospect
Rich Creek
Rich Creek Mine
Ripplemeade
Saltpeter Cave
Short Mountain Prospect
Sinking Creek
Snidow Prospect
Spruce Run Mount
Stowe Mine

Latitude: 37°18'54"N
Longitude: 80°43'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.315,-80.716666666667
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: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn N O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteCalciteCorundumGypsumLeucophosphiteNoneQuartzRocksaltRutile
SpinelTaranakiteWavellite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Niter  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Taranakite  (*)Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12811003250
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O1281111104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128110027770
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1281101197
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212811269895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12810992740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128107924243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2281075,2811116890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32281103,28110614640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1281106367
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1281112110
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42281071,28111914899
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O080
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)3281073,281077,281123181
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212810853106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2128110261156
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O2281111,28111257
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1281103301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O4281070,281081,281103,281110374


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