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:
Monongalia Co., West Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 106828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106828.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monongalia Co., West Virginia, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Barker
Buckeye Quarry
Coopers Rock
Creer Mine
Deckers Creek Mine (Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company)
Greer Mine & Mill (Greer Limestone Company; Div. Of; Greer Mine; Greer Steel Company)
Monongahela River
Star City

Latitude: 39°36'23"N
Longitude: 79°51'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.606388888889,-79.862777777778

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Gypsum	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Zircon

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K O P S Si Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Gypsum Marcasite Melanterite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	286660	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	286653,286660	27770
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	286660	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	286653	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	286660	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	286662	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	286655	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	286653	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	286662	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	286662	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	286660	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	286660	21482
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	286662	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	286662	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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