Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bedford Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24301
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24301.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bedford Co., Virginia, USA": 90
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 81

Number of Child Localities: 55
Child Localities:
Barn Clay Mine
Bedford
Blue Ridge Occurrence
Blue Ridge Springs Quarry
Buford Bank
C. And O. Quarry
C. C. Tinsley Property Prospect
C. W. Harris Prospect
Chamblissburg
Clyde E. Smith Prospect
Dewey Toms Mine (Arrington Mine)
E. A. Thurman Prospect
Eakins Material
Edith Mine (Upland Mines)
Five Forks
Forest Depot
Forest-Goode Quadrangles
Foutz Magnetite Prospect
Goode Quadrangle
Griffin Specular Mine
H. D. Witt Prospect
Hales Ford Prospects
Harris Prospect
Hash Farms Deposit (Goodwin Lands)
Holliday Prospect (Cabin Hill Prospect)
Huddleston
Ironville Mine
Ivy Prospect
J. K. Ashwell Prospect
J. N. Updike Prospect
Lawhorne Brothers No. 2 Quarry
Lemon Mine (Upland Mines)
Lynchburg
M. N. Newman Prospect
Miller Mine
Moneta-Forest
Montvale
Morgan Mine
Nichols Mine
No. 6
Otter Hill Mine (American Asbestos Company Mine)
Overstreet Prospect
Patterson Mine (Johnson Mine)
Peaksville
R. E. Nance Prospect
Roadcut Leesville-Gillespie Road
Saxton-McMillan Mines
Simmons Ilmenite Deposit
Snider Prospect
Thaxton
Thunder Hill
Treadwell Farm
Wade Mine
Wild Cat Knob
Woolridge Prospects

Latitude: 37°17'34"N
Longitude: 79°33'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.292777777778,-79.551666666667

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Chloritoid	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

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 Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Sr Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Chloritoid Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Ottrélite ()*
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Siderite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Yttrialite-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	279921,279926,279934,279936,279943	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	279911,279926	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	279883	2162
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	279944	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279871	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	279948	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	279951,279954	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	279926,279943	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	279926	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	279874	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	279874	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	279926	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	279950	376
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	279958	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	279921	1025
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	279937	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	279951	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	3	279921,279926,279936	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	279874,279944	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	279951,279954	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	279879,279898,279956	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	279897	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	279888	2812
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279879	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	279879,279892,279898,279956	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	279887,279905,279923	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	279900,279915,279924,279930	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	279905	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	279879	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	5	279911,279914,279921,279939,279959	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	279905	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	279944	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	27	279891,279894,279900,279909,279911,279914,279915,279916,279917,279918,279919,279920,279921,279924,279926,279929,279931,279932,279933,279934,279935,279936,279939,279941,279946,279947,279951	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	279921,279934,279936	2349
Ottrélite ()*	Chloritoid	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	279888	59
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄MgFe³⁺₂Ti₂O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	2	279879,279883	46
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	279905	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	279898,279914,279921,279926,279936,279951,279956	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18	279879,279894,279895,279897,279908,279911,279914,279915,279921,279924,279926,279928,279934,279936,279939,279948,279949,279951	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	279872,279908,279936	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	3	279926,279943,279955	353
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	279926	6417
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	279891	92
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	279914,279934	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	279926,279951,279954	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	279891	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	279905	4899
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	279921	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395
Yttrialite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₂Si₂O₇	1	279934	25
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	279879,279921	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	279914,279921,279926,279934,279936	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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