Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tellurium Mine (Fisher Mine; Hughes Mine; Red Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 19819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tellurium Mine (Fisher Mine; Hughes Mine; Red Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Titanite	Zircon

Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Selenium ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*	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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Fe H K Li Mn O Pb S Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Fe H K Li Mn O Pb S Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetradymite Titanite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	143
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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