Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Smyth County Barite Belt, Smyth Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 105432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Smyth County Barite Belt, Smyth Co., Virginia, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Cornett-Hull Mines
Eller Mine
Faris Prospect No. 2
Farts Prospect No. 1
Groseclose Prospect No. 1
Groseclose Prospect No. 2
H. P. Copenhaver Prospect
Hull Prospect
McDonald Mine
Miles Mine-Gardner Mine
Myers - L. Copenhaver Mine
Orr Mine
Shanklin Mine
Shanklin Mine No. 2
Shanklin Mine No. 3
Shanklin Prospect No. 1
Wassum Mine
Wassum Prospect No. 1
Wassum Prospect No. 2

Latitude: 36°50'28"N
Longitude: 81°34'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.841111111111,-81.566944444444

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	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

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 S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite Sphalerite Wurtzite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	19	282936,282937,282938,282939,282940,282941,282942,282943,282944,282945,282946,282947,282948,282949,282950,282951,282952,282953,282954	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	282936	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	282947	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	19	282936,282937,282938,282939,282940,282941,282942,282943,282944,282945,282946,282947,282948,282949,282950,282951,282952,282953,282954	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	282936,282937,282939,282946	9617
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	282936	717
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	282947	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	282946	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	282946,282947	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	282946	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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