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Locality Name:
Farmville District, Buckingham Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 108812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Farmville District, Buckingham Co., Virginia, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sprouses Corner
Woods Mountain Kyanite Occurrence

Latitude: 37°26'6"N
Longitude: 78°30'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.435,-78.509444444444

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteClayCorundumDiasporeEnargiteGypsumKaoliniteLazulite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinelSulphur
TopazTurquoiseWagneriteWurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Augelite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Corundum  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lazulite  (*)
Lithiophorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Topaz  (*)Trolleite  (*)Variscite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)
Woodhouseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212801193419
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3128012079
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O128012077
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61280120310
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1280120481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41280120651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41280120910
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12801202740
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61280120173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12801206890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32280119,28012014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412801205591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO44280115,280119,280120,2801211507
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)21280120232
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)21280120210
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128012014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23280119,280120,28012117380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21280120247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23280115,280119,28012039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21280120771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24280115,280119,280120,28012161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212801205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128012021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12801202045
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212801201476
Trolleite  (*)NoneAl4(PO4)3(OH)3128012016
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1280120301
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F128012061
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6128012062



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