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Locality Name:
Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa Co., Virginia, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arminius Mine
Boyd-Smith Mine (Groome Mine; Lennig Mine; Smith Mine)
Sulphur Mine (Crenshaw Mine; Victoria Furnace Mine)

Latitude: 38°2'52"N
Longitude: 77°53'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.047777777778,-77.890833333333
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloritoidClay
ClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundumDevillineDiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteGarnet
GypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteKieseriteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyite
StauroliteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTourmalineTurquoiseZircon

69 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Aluminocopiapite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Ferricopiapite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Ferrohexahydrite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paracoquimbite  (*)Pentahydrite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderotil  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212817573419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32281755,2817572353
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O128175750
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1281757272
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212817573092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42281756,281757246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12817559052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612817572060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22281755,2817575509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)128175511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42281755,2817575516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62281755,2817571633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2281755,28175727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212817555171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1281757925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12817565707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23281755,281756,28175727198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21281757376
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2281755,2817571025
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O3281755,281756,281757382
Copper  (*)CopperCu12817573846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O1281757136
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12817572970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12817578173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1281755484
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O128175741
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O128175725
Ferrohexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteFe2+(SO4)·6H2O128175721
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O1281757107
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O42281755,281757445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3281755,281756,28175724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2281756,2817577437
Gold  (*)CopperAu128175530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3281755,281756,2817576890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1281757409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3128175714640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O1281757251
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32281755,2817575433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612817572228
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412817571507
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1281755451
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O128175754
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43281755,281756,28175714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128175512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22281755,2817575674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O3281755,281756,281757915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23281755,281756,28175717380
Paracoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteFe3+4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O128175730
Pentahydrite  (*)ChalcanthiteMg(SO4)·5H2O128175732
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O2281755,281757265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23281755,281756,28175739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83281755,281756,2817579056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23281755,281756,28175761156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O3281755,281756,281757293
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12817554894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12817572705
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1281755292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3281755,281756,2817576417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O128175784
Silver  (*)CopperAg3281755,281756,2817575186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3281755,281756,28175721482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1281757978
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2281755,2817572045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O1281757139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212817573337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312817555317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212817572562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1281757484
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12817575251


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