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Locality Name:
Gossan Lead District, Grayson Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105394.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gossan Lead District, Grayson Co., Virginia, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Buzzard Hill Prospect
Charles Cox Farm Prospect
Cox Prospect
F. Vaught Mine (Shaft Mine)
F. Vaught Prospect No. 2
F. Ward Prospect
George Vaught Prospect
John R. McLane Farm Property
Marion Miller Prospect
Martin Cornit Prospect (Mine Hole Field)
Martin Prospect
Moore Prospect No. 1
Moore Prospect No. 2
Poole Prospect
Porter Prospect No. 1 (Old Orchard Prospect)
Porter Prospect No. 2
Rhudy Prospect
S. Vaught Prospect

Latitude: 36°41'25"N
Longitude: 81°8'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.690277777778,-81.138888888889
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi C Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Sn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFluoriteGypsumMalachite
MicaNoneQuartzSphaleriteStannite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16281249,281250,281251,281252,281253,281254,281255,281256,281258,281259,281261,281262,281263,281264,281265,28126611547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412812575516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128125727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22281253,2812629617
Gold  (*)CopperAu128125730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12812626890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128125712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2128125117380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25281249,281251,281253,281255,28125961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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