Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Belmont Quarry
Quarry (MRDS - 10300605)
Quarry (MRDS - 10301281)
Quarry Number 1 (Staunton Lime Company; MRDS - 10227882)
Simons Limestone Quarry (Valley Stone Quarry)
Staunton Lime Quarry (Old State Quarry)
US Highway 11 Alternate Roadcut
Valley Stone Company Quarry

Latitude: 38°8'47"N
Longitude: 79°3'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.146388888889,-79.061388888889

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile
Tridymite

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 Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Pb S Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile
Tridymite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	279829	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	279829	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	279827	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	279827	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	279823,279827,279828	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	279829	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	279823	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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