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Locality Name:
Virgilina District, Person Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 208270
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208270.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Virgilina District, Person Co., North Carolina, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gillis Mine
Harris Mountain
Roxboro

Latitude: 36°27'22"N
Longitude: 78°49'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.456111111111,-78.820555555556
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 C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125237627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12523765707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12523763531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12523773846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12523764165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12523762970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2252376,2523778173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3125237614640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2125237612537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125237639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125237661156


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