Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rockingham Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24506.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rockingham Co., Virginia, USA": 81
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 62

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Bergton
Berrytown
Bridgewater
Bridgewater Quarry
Broadway Quarry
Brocks Gap
Buena Vista
Clover Hill
Cootes Store
Earl D. Richie Mine No. 1
Edom
Elkton
Estep Mine No. 1
Fox Mountain Mines
Fulks Run
Harrisonburg Area
Hightown
L. B. Lam Occurrence
Lily
Linville
Mer's Cave
Miller Run Mine (Miller Mine ?)
Mt. Vernon Mine
Mundy Quarry
North River
Onyx Hill Quarry
Pleasant Valley Quarry
Shenandoah Valley
Smith Property Prospect (Red Barrel Prospect)
Solsburg
State Highway 259 Roadcut
Stemphleytown
Tenth Legion
Timberville
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10276243)
Upper Lewis Run Mine
Wittig Mine No. 1

Latitude: 38°28'52"N
Longitude: 78°49'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.481111111111,-78.817777777778

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.

Aragonite	Astrophyllite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Labuntsovite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite
Sulphur	Wurtzite

Astrophyllite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Manganite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nenadkevichite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Na Nb O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: F Fe H K Na Nb O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Astrophyllite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite Labuntsovite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite
Sulphur Wurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	0		161
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	282565	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	282612	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	282565	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	282577,282579,282594,282598,282601,282609,282615	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	282574	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	282598,282608	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	282565	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	282608	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	16	282553,282554,282556,282561,282577,282580,282598,282600,282601,282609,282610,282611,282612,282613,282614,282615	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	282577,282608	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	282556,282580,282609,282610,282612	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	282546	504
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	2	282609,282612	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	282615	1689
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	282580	407
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	282546	5591
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	282561	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	282538,282575,282607,282612	17380
Nenadkevichite ()*	Labuntsovite	(Na, )₈Nb₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·8H₂O	0		19
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	282553,282554,282556,282598,282609,282610,282611,282614,282615	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	282589,282590,282617	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	282544,282556,282567,282580,282589,282590,282598,282601,282609,282615,282617	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	282609,282612	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	14	282553,282554,282556,282580,282598,282600,282601,282609,282610,282611,282612,282613,282614,282615	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	282604	978
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	282579	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	282577	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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