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


mindat Locality ID: 105393
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105393.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold-Pyrite Belt, Goochland Co., Virginia, USA": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 40
Child Localities:
Argus Mine
Atmore Mine (Admore Mine)
Belzoro Mine (Belzora Mine; Belzow Mine)
Benjamin Johnson Mine
Benton Mine
Bertha And Edith Mine
Big Bird Mine
Bowles Mine (Boles Mine)
Chatlier Prospect
Collins Mine
David Johnson Prospect
Dillard Mine
Duke Property Mine
Eades Mine (Ead's Mine)
Fisher Mine
Fleming Mine (Hodge's Mine)
Goochland Company
Goochland Prospect
Grannison Mine
John Thompson Mine
Kent Mine
Lancelot Marks Mine
Laury Mine
Manning Mine
Massachusetts Mine
McGee Mine
Morgan Mine (Robert Hughes Mine)
Omohundro Prospect
Pace Mine
Payne Tract Mine (Caswell's Mine)
Prospect C Goochland Company
Pryor Tract Mine (Pryer Tract)
Ruth Mine
Shannon Hill Property Mine
Tabscott
Taugus Mine
Toler Property Mine
Tyler Mine
Walters Mine
Young American Mine (Gilmer Mine; Gilmore Mine)

Latitude: 37°49'33"N
Longitude: 78°5'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.825833333333,-78.090555555556
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 B Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFeldsparGarnet
IronKaoliniteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Ankerite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12811798803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312811782353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212811793092
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412811795516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128117927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23281178,281179,28118427198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12811783846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12811784165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128117824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12811757437
Gold  (*)CopperAu43281140,281141,281142,281143,281144,281145,281146,281147,281148,281149,281150,281151,281152,281153,281154,281155,281157,281158,281159,281160,281161,281162,281163,281164,281165,281166,281167,281168,281169,281170,281171,281172,281173,281174,281175,281177,281178,281179,281180,281181,281182,281183,28118430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32281147,28117614640
Iron  (*)IronFe12811761089
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43281145,281178,2811795591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412811781507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45281142,281145,281147,281176,28117814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212811785674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24281145,281147,281178,28117917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29281142,281145,281147,281154,281161,281168,281178,281179,28118439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12811781725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812811799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO229281141,281142,281144,281145,281147,281149,281150,281151,281152,281154,281155,281157,281158,281160,281161,281163,281164,281166,281168,281169,281172,281173,281174,281175,281177,281178,281179,281181,28118461156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12811782705
Silver  (*)CopperAg12811845186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2281178,28118421482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41281184337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S2281178,281184510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132281178,2811845317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12811794899
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1281178605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412811781655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2281147,2811795251


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