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Locality Name:
Highland Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105401
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105401.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Highland Co., Virginia, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Arbegast Saltpeter Cave
Bull Pasture Mountain Barite Occurrence
Cow Pasture River Barite Occurrence
Doe Hill
Head Waters Barite Occurrence
Hightown
Hupman's Saltpeter Cave
Jenny Gwin Draft Barite Occurrence
Lockridge Church Barite Occurrences
Monterey
Romney Shale
Vance Hollow Barite Occurrence
Varneer's Cave
Williamsville
Wolfe Draft Barite Occurrence

Latitude: 38°21'8"N
Longitude: 79°30'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.352222222222,-79.506388888889
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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg N Na O S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAragoniteBaryteBruciteCalciteClayCristobaliteDiasporeEttringiteHarmotome
HexahydriteMeliliteMicaNatroliteNoneOlivinePerovskitePyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelTobermoriteTridymite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Niter  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Strontianite  (*)Tacharanite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2281615,2816191627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12816143250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)9281609,281613,281614,281621,281622,281624,281626,281627,28163011547
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)22281618,281619462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4281612,281614,281615,28162627770
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21281624453
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O128161493
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O128162966
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O71281614114
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12816267437
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O1281624290
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O1281609251
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128161414899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)1281619153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2128162617380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12816191236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1281614884
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)3281608,281620,281628181
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31281614495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22281612,28162639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2128162661156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1281611301
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O1281612390
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2281614,28162621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1281625589
Tacharanite  (*)NoneCa12Al2Si18O33(OH)36128161247
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O1281612183
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)1281612114


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