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Locality Name:
Russell Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 105421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Russell Co., Virginia, USA": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Appalachin Stone Corporation
C. A. Smith Prospect
Clinch River Quarry
Compton Farm Mine
Dickensonville Quarry
Fortner Prospect
Hall Prospect
Helbert Mine
Kent Ridge
Masons Store Prospect
Osborn Mine
Pat Keith Prospect
Quality Quarry No. 1
Quarry (MRDS - 10130674)
Quarry (MRDS - 10131144)
Quarry (MRDS - 10131197)
Quarry (MRDS - 10155503)
Quarry (MRDS - 10155961)
Quarry (MRDS - 10156087)
Quarry (MRDS - 10204088)
Quarry (MRDS - 10228109)
Quarry (MRDS - 10252641)
Quarry (MRDS - 10252773)
Quarry (MRDS - 10252924)
Quarry (MRDS - 10253166)
Quarry (MRDS - 10253302)
Quarry (MRDS - 10276718)
Quarry (MRDS - 10276730)
Quarry (MRDS - 10277000)
Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite District
South Clinchfield
Swords Creek Quarry
W. R. Davis Farm Occurrence
White Quarry
Whitt Prospect

Latitude: 36°54'33"N
Longitude: 82°8'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.909166666667,-82.145833333333

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	16	282650,282651,282652,282653,282654,282655,282656,282657,282658,282659,282660,282661,282662,282663,282664,282665	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	282630,282631,282653	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	282630	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	282661	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	15	282630,282631,282650,282651,282652,282653,282654,282657,282658,282659,282660,282661,282662,282663,282664	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	282630,282653,282658	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	282630,282631	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	282661	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	282630	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	282629,282630	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	282661	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	282650,282661	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	282628	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	282630	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	282630,282631	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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