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:
Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 106822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Appalachian Ores Company - Gap Mt. Property (Erty)
Baker Prospect - Gap Mt. Property
Bell Prospect - Potts Creek Valley Property
Bradley Iron Prospect
Crimson Spring Mine
Doss Prospect (Potts Valley Furnace And Mining Company)
Faudree Property - Gap Mt. Property
G. W. Carpenter Tract Prospect
Hale Tract Prospect
Hareless Tract Prospect
Little Mountain Prospect
Owen Shaft Prospect
Peters Mountain Prospect
Porterfield Prospect
Rocksalia Spring Prospect
Rutledge Ridge Prospect
Scott Hollow Cave
Sweet Spring District
Sweet Springs
Traynham Prospect (Bell Prospect)
Traynham Tract Prospect
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10084138)
Wikel Prospect
Williams Mine (State Line Prospect)

Latitude: 37°32'11"N
Longitude: 80°22'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.536388888889,-80.373055555556

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.

Diamond	None	Quartz	Rutile

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: C Ca Mg Mn O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Diamond None Quartz Rutile

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	0		697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	286664	9895
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	286664	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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