Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Augusta Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Augusta Co., Virginia, USA": 117
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 93

Number of Child Localities: 64
Child Localities:
Anthony Tract Occurrence
Arbor Hill
Augusta Mine
Basic
Bear Mountain Prospect
Black Rock Mine
Buffalo Gap Mines
Centerville
Christian
Clarence Wilfong Tract Prospect
Cold Springs Pit (Cole Spring Deposit)
Craigsville
Crozier Mine
Earhart Prospect
Estaline
Fishersville Mine (Fisherville Mine)
Folly Mills
Franks Mill
Greenville
Hermitage Prospect
Houston
Inch Branch Prospect
Jennings Gap
Johns Run Prospect
Madison's Saltpeter Cave
Mary Creek Mine
McComb Farm Occurrence
Meadow Run Prospect
Miller Knob Prospect
Mine Bank (Pekin Mine; Pulaski Mine)
Mossy Creek
Mount Solon
Newport Kaolin & Bauxite Occurrence
North Mountain Brick Quarry
Northern Section - Blue Ridge Province
Old Dominion Mine
Ore Bank Mine
Parnassus
Pulaski Mine
Ramsey Mountain Prospects
Ramsey Mountain South Prospect
Raphine Bauxite & Kaolin Occurrence
Roman
Rose Cliff Mountain Orchard Prospect
Shale Quarry (MRDS - 10203611)
Snyder
Spottswood Bauxite District
Spring Hill
Staunton
Staunton Meteorite
Steele Run Prospect
Steeles Tavern
Swoope
Tibetown
U.S. Highway 250 Prospect
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10131201)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10227612)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10301023)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10179294)
Verona
Watt Mine
West Augusta
West Staunton Prospect
Weyer's Cave (Weir's Cave)

Latitude: 38°6'37"N
Longitude: 79°5'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.110277777778,-79.088611111111

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Astrophyllite	Baryte	Calcite	Catapleiite	Chabazite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Haxonite
Iron	Kaolinite	Labuntsovite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tridymite	Wollastonite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Annite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Böhmite ()*	Calcite ()*	Catapleiite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chamosite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Haxonite ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nenadkevichite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Niter ()*	Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Ce Cr F Fe H K Li Mg Mn N Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Astrophyllite Baryte Calcite Catapleiite Chabazite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Haxonite
Iron Kaolinite Labuntsovite Lepidocrocite Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tridymite Wollastonite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	279829	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	279799,279846	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	6	279743,279776,279777,279799,279802,279829	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	279822	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	279849	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	279799	356
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	279737	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	279827	3250
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	279799,279846	295
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	0		161
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	279752,279827	11547
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	3	279815,279817,279818	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	279749,279799,279802,279823,279827,279828,279848	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	1	279799	113
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	279799	310
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	279799	577
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	4	279775,279787,279791,279795	599
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	279831	157
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	4	279747,279815,279817,279818	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	279749,279751,279752,279787,279797	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	279742	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	279799,279802,279846	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	279799,279822	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	7	279806,279815,279816,279817,279818,279819,279820	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	8	279740,279747,279751,279763,279793,279795,279796,279813	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	279799	1544
Haxonite ()*	Haxonite	(Fe,Ni)₂₃C₆	1	279831	26
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	279790,279793,279799	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	279831	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	279747,279815,279817,279818	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	279793	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	279799	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	279793,279795	770
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	279799	1236
Nenadkevichite ()*	Labuntsovite	(Na, )₈Nb₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·8H₂O	0		19
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	4	279743,279777,279799,279829	884
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	279770	181
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	279799	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	279742	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	279823	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	8	279736,279755,279787,279789,279793,279795,279796,279804	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	279736,279740,279749,279766,279774,279796,279804,279805,279818,279832,279833,279837	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	279799	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	279790	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	279799,279822	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	279831	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	279821	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	279799	232
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	279831	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	279831	1044
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	279849	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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