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Locality Name:
Pendleton Co., West Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 17294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pendleton Co., West Virginia, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
A. J. Pitsenbarger Prospect
Albert Mitchell Tract Prospect
Ami Smith Prospect
B. H. Hiner Prospect (Big Survey Prospect)
Bible Knob Prospect
Cave Mountain Cave
Cora Simmons Tract Prospect
Dave Eye Tract Prospect
David L. Simmons Tract Prospect
Geo Rexrode Tract Prospect
George Bible Tract Prospect
Germany Valley Quarry (of Green Steel Company; Germany Valley Limestone Company; Div.; Germany Valley Quarry)
Granville Blizzard Tract Prospect
Henry H. Simmons Tract Prospect
Henry M. Pitsenbarger Prospect
Henry Simmons Tract Prospect
Hively Gap
Iron Knob Bowman Prospect
John Dahmer Tract Prospect
Judy Gap
Luther Pitsenbarger Tract Prospect
New Trout Cave
Owen Hiner Tract Prospect
Pinkney Crummett Tract Prospect
Ralph Hiner Property
Sinnett-Thorn Mt. Cave System
Sugar Grove Basalt
Trout Cave
Ugly Mountain
Wagner Knob Henry Moyer Prospect
Whitney Propst Tract Prospect
William Boggs Prospect

Latitude: 38°32'59"N
Longitude: 79°22'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.549722222222,-79.3675
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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAragoniteBaryteCalciteChabaziteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGypsum
HarmotomeNatroliteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelSulphur
Thomsonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Niter  (*)Nitrocalcite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sulphur  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12867248803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12867221627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12867223250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612867222060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)128672211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6286707,286712,286715,286721,286722,28672327770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12867121252
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O1286722310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212867159895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212867129617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4286701,286712,286721,2867226890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O1286722290
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312867245433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1286722425
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12867221236
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)2286717,286723181
Nitrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(NO3)2·4H2O128672146
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1286722471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128672239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212867243106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22286715,28672261156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12867122045
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O1286722452


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