Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pig Hole Cave, Giles Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pig Hole Cave, Giles Co., Virginia, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hess' Hollow Area

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.

Gypsum	Leucophosphite	None	Taranakite

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 Ca Fe H K O P S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O P S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Gypsum Leucophosphite None Taranakite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Brushite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Taranakite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	0		104
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	281112	110
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	1	281112	57

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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