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Locality Name:
Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 105427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mt. Clifton
Rinkerton
Timberville

Latitude: 38°43'54"N
Longitude: 78°43'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.731666666667,-78.720833333333

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteGypsumNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteWurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212827773092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)128277811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128277627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128277727198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25282772,282774,282776,282778,2827799895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22282772,2827759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2282776,28277724243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2282778,282779717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12827786890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3128277714640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612827781066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26282772,282774,282776,282777,282778,28277939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22282776,28277861156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3282776,282778,2827792473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6282772,282774,282776,282777,282778,28277921482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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