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Locality Name:
Hightown, Highland Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 108533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hightown, Highland Co., Virginia, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hightown Dike
No. 53 Quarry (Salem Stone Corp.; Div. Of Medusa; Quarry No. 74-4; Aggregates Company)
Quarry Number 74-4 (MRDS - 10076255)
Unnamed Quarry
Unnamed Quarry (2)

Latitude: 38°26'23"N
Longitude: 79°36'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.439722222222,-79.611388888889

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Ettringite	Melilite	Natrolite	None	Olivine
Perovskite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tridymite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Ettringite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Baryte Brucite Calcite Ettringite Melilite Natrolite None Olivine
Perovskite Sphalerite Spinel Tridymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	281615,281619	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	281618,281619	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	281615	27770
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	0		93
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	0		114
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	281619	153
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	281619	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	0		884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	0		495
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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