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Locality Name:
Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA": 86
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 78

Number of Child Localities: 49
Child Localities:
Bushong Property Prospect
Cameron Prospect (Little Fort Mine ?)
Cave City
Cedar Creek Valley Mining District
Chemstone Corporation Quarry
Columbia Furnace Quarry
Fee Quarry
Fort Valley
Gap Mountain Prospect
High Head Prospect
Kipps Magnesium Limestone Quarry
Liberty Furnace Iron Mines
Little Fort Valley
Little North Mountain Prospect
Little Stony Creek Prospect
Mineral Ridge Mine
National Forest Deposit (MRDS - 10155972)
New Market Quarry
Powhatan Limestone Company Quarry
Quarry (MRDS - 10130692)
Quarry (MRDS - 10178994)
Quarry (MRDS - 10179043)
Quarry (MRDS - 10179152)
Quarry (MRDS - 10204028)
Quarry (MRDS - 10204030)
Quarry (MRDS - 10204074)
Quarry (MRDS - 10204116)
Quarry (MRDS - 10252717)
Quarry (MRDS - 10253144)
Quarry (MRDS - 10276494)
Quarry (MRDS - 10300683)
Salem Stone Corporation Quarry
Scott Mine
Shale Quarry (MRDS - 10276955)
Shenandoah Valley
St. Lukes Hospital Prospect
Strasburg Quarry
Swartz Prospect
Threemile Mountain Mines
Timberville Quarry
Toms Brook Quarry
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10156077)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10252644)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10253089)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10130563)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10228243)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10300900)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10301102)
Yellow Springs Prospects

Latitude: 38°51'5"N
Longitude: 78°34'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.851388888889,-78.573055555556
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 Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCoronaditeCorundumFluoriteGypsumNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteWavelliteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Manganite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212827773092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)128277811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128277627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128277727198
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161282741599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)27282708,282768,282772,282774,282776,282778,2827799895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22282772,2827759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2282776,28277724243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2282778,282779717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12827786890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32282750,28277714640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612827781066
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2282714,282737770
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27282768,282772,282774,282776,282777,282778,28277939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO221282709,282712,282713,282714,282715,282716,282718,282720,282721,282722,282723,282724,282725,282737,282738,282740,282742,282744,282745,282746,2827483106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23282710,282776,28277861156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3282776,282778,2827792473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7282708,282772,282774,282776,282777,282778,28277921482
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1282751374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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