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Locality Name:
Stratford, Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 145536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145536.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stratford, Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Andrew Warden Farm
Bakers Ridge
C. G. Fender Farm
Johnson Wyatt Farm
Lawrence E. Reeves Farm
Lonny Sothers Farm
Mack C. Mabe Farm
Maxwell Mine (Peach Blossom Mine)
Mitchell Farms
Moxley Farm
Mrs Dona Warden Farm
Rex S. Warren Farm
W. M. Stidham Farm
Wayne M. Reeves Farm

Latitude: 36°30'59"N
Longitude: 81°13'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.516388888889,-81.216666666667
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 Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteDiasporeMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12491312734
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124913127198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12491312970
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O40445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124913124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124913112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212491315800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124913139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213249124,249125,249126,249127,249128,249129,249130,249132,249133,249134,249135,249136,24913761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124913121482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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