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Locality Name:
Alleghany Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24438
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24438.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alleghany Co., Virginia, USA": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 52
Child Localities:
Bess Mine
Big Hill Mine
Black Oak Mine
Boiling Spring
Bolling Springs
Callie No. 1 & 2 Et Al.
Circle Mine
Clifton Forge Iron District
Covington Prospect
Dolly Ann Mine
Double Ridge Mine
Falling Spring Prospect
Falling Spring Saltpeter Works
Fancy Hill Mine
Given
Grill Cave (Byers Cave)
Hays Gap Mine
Hepler Mine
Horse Mountain Mine
Iron Gate Fossil Ore Mine
Iron Mountain Mine
L. C. Craft Prospect
Lignite Mine
Longdale-Victoria Mines
Low Moor Quarry (Vulcan Materials Corp.)
McGraw Gap Prospect
Moore And Haynes Mine
Peters Mountain
Pit No. 12
Pit No. 13
Pit No. 16
Pit No. 18
Pit No. 19
Pit No. 20
Pit No. 21
Pit No. 22
Pit No. 23
Pit No. 25
Pit No. 26
Pit No. 27
Pit No. 28
Pit No. 29
Potts Creek Valley
Red Ore Mine
Rich Patch Mine
Roaring Run Mine
Rumsey Mines
Stack Mine
Stony Creek Quarry (Lowmoor Quarry; Medusa Quarry)
Tredegar
Vowles Mine
Wasp Nest Mine

Latitude: 37°45'47"N
Longitude: 79°56'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.763055555556,-79.943055555556
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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mn Na O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCorundumDiasporeGypsumLepidocrociteNone
Not in a structural groupRutile

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)Calcite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Manganite  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Scholzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12794103250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127943911547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O1279415178
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127941027770
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61279415310
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12794192740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4279416,279417,279418,2794197437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3279410,279424,2794276890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32279439,27945514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12794151689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612794151066
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1279455581
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1279415770
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O1279410177
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O127941520


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