Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Faber, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 155576
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155576.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Faber Mine
Unnamed Mine

Latitude: 37°49'0"N
Longitude: 78°44'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.816666666667,-78.733333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Kaolinite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	279336	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	279336,279337	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	279336,279337	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	279337	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	279336,279337	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	279336,279337	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	279336,279337	24243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	279336	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	279337	5591
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	279337	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	279336,279337	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	279336,279337	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	279336	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	279336	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	279336,279337	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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