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Locality Name:
Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Grayson Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Grayson Co., Virginia, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Douglas Land Company Property Prospect
Gossan Lead District
Greer Place Prospect
Meadow Creek Prospect
Walt Williams Mine

Latitude: 36°38'44"N
Longitude: 81°18'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.645555555556,-81.310555555556
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGarnetMalachiteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSpinelStaurolite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412813035516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27281303,281305,281309,281310,281313,281316,28131727198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2281308,2813158173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2281311,2813142740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3281305,281306,2813137437
Gold  (*)CopperAu128131830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32281306,28130814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312813065433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412813131507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43281308,281315,28131814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22281303,28131312537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27281305,281308,281309,281310,281313,281315,28131739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S86281305,281306,281308,281309,281310,2813139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27281306,281311,281313,281314,281315,281316,28131861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212813085614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)34281308,281311,281314,2813151214
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1281313978
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12813041101


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