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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

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	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:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	282777	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	282778	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	282776	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	282777	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	282772,282774,282776,282778,282779	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	282772,282775	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	282776,282777	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	2	282778,282779	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	282778	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	282777	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	282778	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	282772,282774,282776,282777,282778,282779	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	282776,282778	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	282776,282778,282779	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	282772,282774,282776,282777,282778,282779	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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