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Locality Name:
Gold-Pyrite Belt, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 550
Youngest recorded age at locality: 550

mindat Locality ID: 105433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold-Pyrite Belt, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Anderson's Prospect
Beazley Prospect
Faws Tract Prospect
Furnace Prospect
Gardiner Mine
Goodwyn Mine (Pocahontas Mine; Goodwin Mine)
Greenwood Mine
Grindstone Mine (Hill Mine)
Higgins Mine (Huggin's Mine)
Horde Prospect
Hunting Run Prospect
Johnston's Prospect
Julian Prospect
Knapp Mine (New Dominion Mine)
Marsden Prospect
Marva Prospect
Mitchell Prospect (Old Dominion Prospect; Emily Prospect)
Mott Mine
New Grindstone Mine
Powell's Prospect (Jerdones Prospect)
Prospect A Spotsylvania Company
Prospect B Spotsylvania Company
Pruitt No. 4 Prospect
Pulliam Mine
Quaker Prospect
Ramsey Mine
Randolph Prospect
Rappahannock River
Rawlings Prospect
Smith Mine
Starrs Mine (Stairs Mine; Stajar's Mine)
Stocktown's Gold Mine
Trigg Prospect
Valzinco Mine (Halladay Mine; Holloday Mine; Panaminus Mine)
Whitehall Mines

Latitude: 38°15'22"N
Longitude: 77°42'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.256111111111,-77.710555555556
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: Ag Al Au B Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCopperCorundumMarcasiteMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTetradymiteTourmaline

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nagyágite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Tellurium  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
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)212830223092
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25505506283000,283008,283011,283015,283022,28302827198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O5505501283028382
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5505507283000,283008,283011,283015,283022,283028,28302924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu33282993,282994,282995,282996,282997,282998,282999,283000,283001,283002,283003,283004,283005,283006,283007,283008,283009,283010,283011,283012,283013,283014,283016,283017,283018,283019,283021,283022,283023,283024,283025,283027,28302930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12830152812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32283000,28301114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45505504283000,283011,283023,28302814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212830225674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25505503283000,283022,28302817380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3128302967
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212830102273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25505509282998,283000,283008,283011,283013,283015,283022,283028,28302939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S855055012830289056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO255055021282994,282996,282997,282998,282999,283000,283004,283006,283007,283008,283009,283010,283011,283013,283015,283019,283022,283024,283025,283028,28302961156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2283019,2830222705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)55055012830286417
Silver  (*)CopperAg5505502283008,2830285186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5505506283000,283008,283011,283015,283022,28302821482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)5505501283028978
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1283029190
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S2283026,283029510
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1283022605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412830221655


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-01076550550Cambrian       S105063Valzinco Mine (Halladay Mine; Holloday Mine; Panaminus Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USAValzincoMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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