Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Madison Co., Virginia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 585
Youngest recorded age at locality: 393

mindat Locality ID: 105404
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105404.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madison Co., Virginia, USA": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Alger Prospect
Arlington Mountain
Central Plains
D. M. Alger Property
Duet
Duet (2)
Fordville
Good Hope Church
Great Run
Hawksbill Mountain Mine
Lovingston Formation
Madison
Madison Hills
Madison Quarry
Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province
Piedmont Pyrites And Mineral Corporation Prospect
Pratts
Pyrite Mine (MRDS - 10204002)
Rapidan River
Rapidan River Quarry
Robinson River
Rose River
Rose River Quarry
Scottsville
Stony Man Mine
Syria
T. R. Lillard Farm Occurrence
Unnamed Vermiculite Prospect (MRDS - 10130957)

Latitude: 38°25'42"N
Longitude: 78°18'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.428333333333,-78.305277777778

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Anthophyllite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Mg O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Spinel Titanite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	281808	718
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	547	393	3	281823,281824,281825	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	281823	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	281824	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	281824	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	281824	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	547	393	3	281815,281824,281825	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	547	393	2	281824,281825	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	547	393	2	281824,281825	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	281820,281826	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	281803,281808,281814,281820	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	281816,281837	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	585	393	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	547	393	2	281824,281825	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			6	281803,281807,281813,281820,281826,281835	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	547	393	8	281803,281813,281824,281825,281826,281830,281832,281833	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	281824	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	585	555	2	281816,281821	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	585	393	0		5251

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-05949	547	393	470±77	Rb-Sr		whole rock	104244	Hawksbill Mountain Mine, Madison Co., Virginia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-05950	545	437	491±54	Rb-Sr		whole rock	104244	Hawksbill Mountain Mine, Madison Co., Virginia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-05911	585	555	570±15	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	104245	Madison Quarry, Madison Co., Virginia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-05912	585	555	570±15	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	104245	Madison Quarry, Madison Co., Virginia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-05943	547	393	470±77	Rb-Sr		whole rock	104253	Stoney Man Mine, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Madison Co., Virginia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-05944	545	437	491±54	Rb-Sr		whole rock	104253	Stoney Man Mine, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Madison Co., Virginia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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