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Locality Name:
Old Dominion, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 108847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Dominion, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Old Dominion Soapstone Quarry
Soapstone Quarry (MRDS - 10232591)

Latitude: 37°49'27"N
Longitude: 78°39'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.824166666667,-78.662777777778

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: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCorundumEpsomiteMalachiteNonePyrite
RocksaltSpinelTalcVivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Talc  (*)
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)212793683419
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212793683092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22279368,279369718
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127936827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1279368966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212793689895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1279368814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127936824243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312793685433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12793681487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127936814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127936812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127936839462
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212793683337



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