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Locality Name:
West Virginia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 341.64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 303.46

mindat Locality ID: 17237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Virginia, USA": 358
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 300

Number of Child Localities: 54
Child Localities:
Barbour Co.
Berkeley Co.
Boone Co.
Braxton Co.
Brooke Co.
Cabell Co.
Calhoun Co.
Clay Co.
Doddridge Co.
Fayette Co.
Gilmer Co.
Grant Co.
Greenbrier Co.
Hampshire Co.
Hancock Co.
Hardy Co.
Harrison Co.
Jefferson Co.
Kanawha Co.
Lewis Co.
Lincoln Co.
Logan Co.
Marion Co.
Marshall Co.
Mason Co.
McDowell Co.
Mercer Co.
Mineral Co.
Mingo Co.
Monongalia Co.
Monroe Co.
Morgan Co.
Nicholas Co.
Ohio Co.
Pendleton Co.
Pleasants Co.
Pocahontas Co.
Preston Co.
Putnam Co.
Raleigh Co.
Randolph Co.
Ritchie Co.
Roane Co.
Summers Co.
Taylor Co.
Tucker Co.
Tyler Co.
Upshur Co.
Wayne Co.
Webster Co.
Wetzel Co.
Wirt Co.
Wood Co.
Wyoming Co.

Latitude: 38°47'24"N
Longitude: 80°16'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.79,-80.273611111111

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cerite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Harmotome	Iron
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tridymite
Zircon

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cerite Chabazite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diamond Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Harmotome Iron
Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Thomsonite Titanite Tridymite
Zircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chamosite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Copper ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diamond ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Ice ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lechatelierite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Niter ()*	Nitrocalcite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*
Troilite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	286499	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	286499,286724	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	286722	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	286742	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	286722	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	286722,286815	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	341.64	303.46	8	286490,286541,286575,286639,286643,286651,286660,286722	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			34	286466,286490,286503,286505,286506,286521,286530,286531,286532,286541,286547,286551,286555,286556,286594,286637,286647,286649,286653,286660,286690,286707,286712,286715,286721,286722,286723,286729,286742,286752,286786,286787,286792,286815	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			6	286490,286505,286547,286647,286712,286742	1252
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O			1	286722	310
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	286594	577
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	286499	203
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	286499	3846
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄			1	286499	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	286663	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	286499	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			16	286465,286490,286504,286505,286547,286575,286596,286601,286637,286647,286664,286690,286715,286742,286783,286787	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	286499	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	286594,286598,286815	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			9	286465,286531,286532,286541,286605,286647,286649,286712,286742	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	286499	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	341.64	303.46	2	286596,286643	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	286802	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	286499	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			11	286521,286530,286551,286555,286660,286690,286701,286712,286721,286722,286742	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	286608	1398
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O			1	286722	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	341.64	303.46	14	286493,286494,286513,286557,286560,286569,286579,286580,286586,286587,286639,286645,286651,286751	14640
Ice ()*	Amorphous Tridymite	H₂O			1	286778	59
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	286634,286724,286815	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	286499	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	286551,286555	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	286815	1507
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂			1	286543	62
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			1	286499	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	286695,286815	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	286516	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	286653	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	286660	915
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			1	286722	425
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			6	286465,286634,286662,286768,286814,286815	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	286722	1236
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)			5	286501,286506,286530,286717,286723	181
Nitrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(NO₃)₂·4H₂O			1	286721	46
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	286722	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	286655	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	286815	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			15	286465,286495,286504,286541,286551,286555,286576,286596,286601,286653,286690,286722,286729,286783,286802	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			3	286516,286664,286724	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			32	286465,286490,286504,286505,286541,286547,286551,286555,286556,286560,286580,286594,286601,286608,286626,286634,286647,286649,286662,286663,286690,286692,286715,286722,286729,286752,286768,286783,286787,286797,286802,286815	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	286662,286768,286815	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	286499	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			9	286463,286478,286484,286551,286555,286609,286660,286783,286810	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	286815	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			6	286499,286504,286541,286596,286647,286660	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	286647	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2	286647,286712	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	286499	703
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			1	286722	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	286815	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	286499	1044
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			1	286499	104
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	286662	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			6	286604,286626,286634,286662,286768,286815	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	USGS-Rb-Sr-02158	303.46	303.46	303.46	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by weathering		whole rock							153551	Alkire Mine, Mineral Co., West Virginia, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr
	USGS-Rb-Sr-02159	341.64	341.64	341.64	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by weathering		whole rock							153551	Alkire Mine, Mineral Co., West Virginia, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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