Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Botetourt Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 210144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Botetourt Co., Virginia, USA": 80
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 73

Number of Child Localities: 66
Child Localities:
A Mine
Alexander Mine
Arcadia Iron Mine
Bearwallow Creek Tract Occurrence
Bedford Mine & Mill
Bethel
Big Cut Lignite Mine
Big Hill Mine
Big Pit
Bonsack Prospect
Brushy Run Prospect
Buchanan
Burman Prospect
Calera Quarry (James River Limestone Company Inc.)
Callie Mine No. 1
Callie Mine No. 2
Circle Mine
Cook Mine (Ruhl)
Coyner Quarry
Cundiff And Dewey Mines
Daleville Opening Prospect
Deal Bank
Eagle Rock Limestone Corporation Quarry
Edith Mine
Farrow Bank Mine
Flatwood Pit
Glen Wilton
Gowan Bank
Grace Furnace Mine
Grubb Mine (Lynchburg Mine)
Horton Mine
Houston Mine
Iron Knob Mine (Old Pit Mine)
J. L. Morgan Prospect
Lemon Mine
Locher Brick Company Inc. Pit
Lone Star Cement Company (Tarmac; Roanoke Cement)
Millboro Shale
Murray Mine
North Mountain Property Mine
Oriskany
Peanut Mine
Peary Salt Peter Cave (Perry Saltpeter Cave)
Pico
Pico Mine
Purgatory Mountain Prospect
Q Mine
Roanoke-Botetourt Counties
Rocky Point Quarry (Liberty Limestone Corp.)
Sand Bank Lead Mine
Spec Mine
Stoner Mine
Timber Ridge Prospect
Troutville Prospect
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10134873)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10301194)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10130637)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252368)
Upland Mine (Crozer Mine)
Valley View
Webster
Webster Mine (Weblite Corp.)
Webster Quarry
White Bank Et Al.
Wilton Mine
Wood Mine

Latitude: 37°33'11"N
Longitude: 79°49'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.553055555556,-79.822222222222

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epsomite
Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Manganite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Niter ()*	Nitromagnesite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	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: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Epsomite
Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	280020	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	9	280020,280036,280060,280061,280062,280063,280064,280065,280066	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	280020,280046	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	280017	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9	280017,280060,280061,280062,280063,280064,280065,280066,280072	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	280046,280053	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	280013	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	280072	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	280041	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	280014,280020	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	280043,280071	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	280053	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	280033	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	280072	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	280041	5591
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	3	280020,280031,280036	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	280020	17380
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	280053	80
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	280053	181
Nitromagnesite ()*	None	Mg(NO₃)₂·6H₂O	1	280053	12
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	280020	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	280017,280047	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	280020	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	280020,280062,280065,280066	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	280017,280060,280072	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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