Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New Canton, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 16132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Canton, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham Co., Virginia, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hudgins Mine
Johnson Mine (Staples Mine)
Margaret Mine (Terrell Mine)
McKenna Mine
Railroad Cuts

Latitude: 37°42'0"N
Longitude: 78°17'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.7,-78.295833333333

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anthophyllite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	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: Ag Al Au Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	280149	718
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	280146,280147,280148	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	280145,280146,280147,280148	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	280145,280146,280147,280148	27198
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	4	280145,280146,280147,280148	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	280145,280146,280147,280148	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	280146	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	280145,280146,280147,280148	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	280147	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	280146,280148	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	280146,280147	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	280145,280146,280147,280148	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	280145,280146,280147,280148	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	280146,280147,280148	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	280147	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4	280145,280146,280147,280148	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	280145,280146,280147,280148	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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