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Locality Name:
Page Co., Virginia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 547
Youngest recorded age at locality: 393

mindat Locality ID: 105409
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105409.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Page Co., Virginia, USA": 64
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 39
Child Localities:
Alpea
Audenried ? Mine
Bailey Prospect
Baker Bank
Big Spring Branch Mine
Blue Ridge
Bolan Workings
Boyer Mine/Garrison Bank/Smith Bank
C. H. Palmer Prospect
Catherine Furnace Mines
Compton Mine (Dry Run Mine; Shenandoah Mining Company Mine; Mineral Products Company Mine)
Elkton
Fronk Prospect
Grove Hill
Hamburg
Hoak Hill
J. W. Young Prospect (J. W. Young's Gold Mine)
Jarmans Run Prospect (Jeremys Run Prospect)
Kimball Mine
Leakesville
Luray
Marksville
Melville Mine
Moody Creek Prospect
Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province
Pitt Spring Mine
Richards Mine
Rileyville
Roadcut
Rust Property Mine
Saltpeter Cave
Shank ? Mine
Shenandoah
Stony Man
Stony Man Mountain
Sunny Ridge Graphite Prospect
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10301030)
Vaughn Prospect (Vaughan Prospect)
Vaughn South Mine

Latitude: 38°37'23"N
Longitude: 78°28'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.623055555556,-78.480833333333
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 Cd Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn N O S Si Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteFeldspar
FluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSerpentineSphalerite
WurtziteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Copper  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Niter  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22282105,2821165509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412821165516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128210427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12821175707
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41282097951
Copper  (*)CopperCu3282116,282119,2821293846
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161282089599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12821162970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24282075,282088,282121,2821269895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3282113,282116,2821298173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1282096484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22282096,2821259617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5282072,282080,282118,282122,2821247437
Gold  (*)CopperAu128209830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12821302812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1282121717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32282072,28212414640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412820885591
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)21282089210
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25473934282114,282116,282117,28212912537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2282081,282089770
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)1282123181
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12820762349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128209839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO29282075,282081,282086,282089,282092,282099,282103,282132,2821333106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28282087,282098,282099,282113,282116,282120,282122,28212961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3282110,282121,28212621482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12821291101
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)54739305251


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
USGS-Rb-Sr-05945547393470±77Rb-Sr whole rock     104405Hawksbill Mountain Prospect, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Page Co., Virginia, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-05946545437491±54Rb-Sr whole rock     104405Hawksbill Mountain Prospect, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Page Co., Virginia, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 

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