Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Greene Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 105396
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105396.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greene Co., Virginia, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bray Estate Occurrence
Lydia Quarry
Middle River
Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province
Old Quarry (MRDS - 10131011)

Latitude: 38°19'32"N
Longitude: 78°26'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.325555555556,-78.444444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Cu Fe H O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	281348	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	281348	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	281345	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	281344	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	281345,281348	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	281345,281348	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	281345,281348	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	281348	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	281345,281348	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	281345,281348	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	281345,281348	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	281345	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	281343,281345,281348	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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