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Locality Name:
Big Stone Gap, Wise Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 109001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Stone Gap, Wise Co., Virginia, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Roadcut
Roadcut (2)
US Highway Alternate 23 Roadcut

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Cu Fe H K Na O S Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteChalcanthiteCopiapiteCoquimbiteCorundumHalotrichiteMelanteriteMetavoltineNoneRömerite
StarkeyiteVoltaite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Römerite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Siderotil  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O2283242,283243382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O1283242136
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O2283242,28324325
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O2283242,283243409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2283242,283243915
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O2283242,28324378
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O2283242,283243115
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O2283242,283243293
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O2283242,28324384
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1283244589
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O2283242,283243111


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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