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Locality Name:
Roanoke Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roanoke Co., Virginia, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Arrow Sand Company Quarry
Bonsacks Prospect
Bush Farm Prospect
Castle Rock Mine
Catawba Valley
Gale Mine
Griffin Mine
Medusa Aggregates Mine No. 50
Mundy Quarry
Old Sheperd Farm
Old Virginia Brick Company Pit
Poor Mountain Mine
Quarry (MRDS - 10131069)
Quarry (MRDS - 10179175)
Quarry (MRDS - 10179431)
Quarry (MRDS - 10179568)
Quarry (MRDS - 10252673)
Quarry (MRDS - 10253232)
Quarry (MRDS - 10277006)
Quarry Number 2 (MRDS - 10076310)
Roanoke Area
Rockydale Quarry
Salem
Salem Glass Works Quarry
Salem Municipal Quarry
Starkey Mine
T. M. Bush & H. L. Hutchins Property Mine
Unnamed Titanium Prospect (MRDS - 10179369)
US Highway 220 Roadcut
Vinton

Latitude: 37°15'0"N
Longitude: 80°4'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.25,-80.069444444444
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 As Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg O S Si Th Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFluorite
MarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212824553419
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22282442,2824562162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12824429052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)128246011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2282437,28245727770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12824428173
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O128246066
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212824579617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3128246714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33282435,282442,2824645433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612824602228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42282442,28245614899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212824605674
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12824662994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128246039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22282442,28246061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128246021482
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO21282442236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12824561006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2282442,2824565251


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