Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Greenbrier Co., West Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24103
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24103.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greenbrier Co., West Virginia, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Acme Limestone No. 3 UG
Bob Gee Cave
Brushy Ridge Prospect
Calowell Quarry
Fertig Iron Prospect
Fields Quarry
Four-Mile Tract Prospect
Frankford
Frazier Quarry
Gillespie Prospect
Glenmore
Glenmore Iron Estate Occurrence
Greenbrier Quarry (Greenbrier Native Stone Company; Inc.)
Greystone Quarry (R.B.S.; Inc.)
Hall Prospect
Hedricks Cave
Johnson Limestone Company (General Crushed Stone Quarry)
Little Creek Prospect
Mary Holyman Prospect
Montigue Tract No. 2 Prospect
Montigue Tract No. 3 Prospect
Montigue Tract No. 4 Prospect
Number 6 Mine
Number 7 Mine
Organ Cave
Renick
Ronceverte
Ryder Tract Prospect
Savannah Lane Quarry
Snowflake Quarry (Acme Limestone Company)
Two-Mile Tract Prospect
Wade Tract No. 1 Prospect
Wade Tract No. 2 Prospect
Waggoner Mine
Wells Property

Latitude: 37°52'12"N
Longitude: 80°21'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.87,-80.354722222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	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: C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn N O S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Corundum Fluorite Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Manganite ()*	Niter ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	286505,286506,286521,286530,286531,286532	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	286505	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	286505	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	286531,286532	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	286521,286530	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	286513	14640
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	286516	770
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	2	286506,286530	181
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	286516	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	286505	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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