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Locality Name:
Irish Creek, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 108691
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108691.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Irish Creek, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
No. 1 Workings Irish Creek (Irish Creek Tin Deposits)
No. 2 Workings (Irish Creek Tin Deposits)
Roadcut
Yankee Horse Ridge Gold Prospect (Good Gold Prospect)

Latitude: 37°50'13"N
Longitude: 79°10'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.836944444444,-79.174444444444
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 As Au Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sn W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeFluoriteKobellite
MicaNonePhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kidwellite  (*)Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12824929052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61282492413
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212824925171
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S40192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12824927437
Gold  (*)CopperAu128249230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3128249214640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612824922228
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)053
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)NoneMg3BeAl8O16018
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)0326
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O60303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128249239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652


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