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Locality Name:
Wythe Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24041
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24041.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wythe Co., Virginia, USA": 177
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 165

Number of Child Localities: 123
Child Localities:
Allen No. 1
Andis Bank
Austin's Mine
Austinville
Ayer Prospect
Bertha District
Carter Bank & Cedar Run Mines
Cedar Springs District
Cripple Creek District
Cripple Creek-New River
Crozer Prospect
Currin Valley Mines
Dunford Prospect
Dungeon Bank
Duntford Prospect
Fisher Prospect
Forney Prospect
Ganaway Mine
Glade Banks
Gunter Park Mine
Hager Iron Property Prospect
Hematite & Walton Mines
Henson Mine
Holston Estate Prospect
J. C. Groseclose Prospect
Keesling Prospect
Kyra Mine
Lick Mountain
Lick Mt. Area/Big Lick
Locust Hill Mine
Lots Gap
MacDonald-Wilson Mine No. 1
Manganese Workings No. 1
Max Meadows
Moore's Gypsum Cave
New River-Cripple Creek Region
Number 1 Quarry (Aggregates Company; State Stone Company; Div. Of Medusa)
Number 1 Quarry (F And M Construction Company)
Paint Bank
Paint Branch
Percival Mine
Pulaski-Smyth Limonite District
Pulaski-Wythe District
Quarry (MRDS - 10156095)
Quarry (MRDS - 10180330)
Quarry (MRDS - 10208387)
Quarry (MRDS - 10227823)
Radford Furnace & Clark's Bank
Rich Mt. Mine
Rock Bank
Sand Mountain
Sand Mountain Sand Corp. Quarry
Shaffer Mill
Shellys
Silica Products Quarry
Sutherland Saltpeter Cave
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10130744)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10131122)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10131246)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10131334)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10155770)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10155945)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10156079)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10179811)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10180075)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10180165)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10180181)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10203505)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10203610)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10203768)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10203793)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10204012)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10204233)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10204245)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10227846)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10227861)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10228295)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10228336)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10228353)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252529)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252533)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252543)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252582)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252694)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252699)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252704)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10252710)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10276369)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10276388)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10276443)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10276623)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10276708)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10276853)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10276944)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10276996)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10276997)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10300624)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10300886)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10300903)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10300988)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10301014)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10301111)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10301174)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10305300)
Unnamed Manganese (MRDS - 10084275)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10130849)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10203474)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10203588)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10227743)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10252515)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10276843)
Unnamed Zinc Mine (MRDS - 10130719)
Unnamed Zinc Prospect (MRDS - 10130688)
Unnamed Zinc Prospect (MRDS - 10155694)
Unnamed Zinc Prospect (MRDS - 10253207)
Unnamed Zinc Prospect (MRDS - 10276312)
Unnamed Zinc Prospect (MRDS - 10276624)
Unnamed Zinc Prospect (MRDS - 10305757)
Walton Furnace Bank
West Jackson Ferry Prospect
White Rock Mine
Wythe Quarry
Wytheville

Latitude: 36°52'24"N
Longitude: 81°'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.873333333333,-81

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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeFluoriteGypsum
MalachiteMarcasiteMiniumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Minium  (*)Niter  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sauconite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212834462162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)4283330,283331,283334,2833382734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)4283329,283331,283334,2833381588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212832953092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)4283273,283329,283331,2833383250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12833319052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212833745509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13283277,283281,283312,283329,283330,283331,283332,283334,283339,283340,283341,283343,28337411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42283338,2833745516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)21283277,283278,283281,283282,283285,283292,283295,283296,283297,283329,283330,283331,283333,283334,283336,283337,283338,283339,283341,283343,28337327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4283273,283331,283338,2833414979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2283326,2833385707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23283331,283334,28337427198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)243283277,283278,283279,283280,283281,283282,283285,283288,283289,283291,283292,283293,283294,283295,283296,283297,283329,283330,283331,283332,283333,283334,283335,283336,283337,283338,283340,283341,283343,283350,283351,283352,283353,283355,283356,283357,283359,283360,283362,283363,283364,283373,2833749895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF27283292,283329,283330,283331,283334,283338,2833419617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS22283273,283274,283279,283280,283281,283282,283285,283292,283293,283296,283297,283329,283330,283331,283334,283335,283338,283339,283340,283341,283343,28337424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)9283277,283285,283291,283293,283296,283331,283334,283341,2833437437
Graphite  (*)NoneC12832732812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5283327,283329,283330,283331,2833386890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35283277,283285,283291,283343,28335314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O16283273,283277,283281,283282,283285,283289,283292,283293,283295,283296,283330,283331,283334,283338,283340,2833411689
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1283447341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)66283277,283289,283293,283331,283334,2833381066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128344614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128337412537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1283357770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24283330,283331,283334,2833385674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO2283273,283329202
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O42283273,283329247
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)1283379181
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218283277,283280,283281,283292,283294,283295,283304,283329,283330,283331,283332,283334,283336,283338,283339,283341,283343,28337339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22283274,2832913106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82283362,2833779056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212283282,283285,283289,283296,283297,283329,283331,283338,283339,283341,283373,28337461156
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O128333856
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)16283274,283277,283281,283282,283289,283292,283293,283295,283296,283330,283331,283334,283338,283340,283341,2833432473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS33283273,283274,283277,283278,283279,283280,283281,283282,283285,283286,283288,283292,283293,283294,283296,283297,283304,283329,283330,283331,283332,283333,283334,283335,283336,283337,283338,283339,283340,283341,283343,283373,28337421482



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