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Locality Name:
Mecklenburg Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105405.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mecklenburg Co., Virginia, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bony Run
Eureka Farm Occurrence
Forksville Meteorite
Hamme Tungsten
J. A. Burwell Property
LaCrosse
Mecklenburg Mica Mine
Pontiac Mine
South Hill
Stith Mine (Moratock Copper; Old Sterling; English)

Latitude: 36°37'23"N
Longitude: 78°20'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.623055555556,-78.334444444444
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteCeriteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumEpidote
FluoriteGarnetMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTungstite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Azurite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cuprotungstite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Malachite  (*)Merrillite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312818522353
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212818545509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O73281848,281849,281850450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128184427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12818575707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23281848,281849,28185027198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1281846203
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21281852376
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12818572970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)23281848,281849,28185067
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612818464135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12818578173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24281847,281848,281849,2818509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3281848,281849,28185024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3128184714640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)3281848,281849,281850469
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)21281852210
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128185712537
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)71281846230
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24281848,281849,281850,28185217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23281848,281849,28185039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12818501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25281847,281848,281849,281850,28185761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3281848,281849,2818501711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3281848,281849,2818504894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3281848,281849,28185021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133281848,281849,2818505317
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O3281848,281849,281850118


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