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Locality Name:
Hamme Tungsten, Mecklenburg Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 108534
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108534.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hamme Tungsten, Mecklenburg Co., Virginia, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Burwell Prospect
Kimball Prospect
Taylor Prospect

Latitude: 36°33'15"N
Longitude: 78°27'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.554166666667,-78.453611111111
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: Al C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCorundumFluoriteMicaNonePyrite
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTungstite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Bindheimite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O73281848,281849,281850450
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23281848,281849,28185027198
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)23281848,281849,28185067
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23281848,281849,2818509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3281848,281849,28185024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)3281848,281849,281850469
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23281848,281849,28185017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23281848,281849,28185039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12818501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23281848,281849,28185061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3281848,281849,2818501711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3281848,281849,2818504894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3281848,281849,28185021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133281848,281849,2818505317
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O3281848,281849,281850118


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