Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Dillwyn, Buckingham Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 108586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dillwyn, Buckingham Co., Virginia, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Buffalo Creek
Tower Hill

Latitude: 37°32'34"N
Longitude: 78°22'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.542777777778,-78.377222222222

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Chalcanthite	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Staurolite

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 As Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Chalcanthite Feldspar None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sphalerite Staurolite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Galena ()*	Kyanite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	280111	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	280111	8803
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	280111	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	280111	1507
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	280111	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	280111	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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