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Locality Name:
Wise Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24800
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24800.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wise Co., Virginia, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Big Kelly Cave
Big Kennedy Cave
Big Stone Gap
Butcher Creek Hills Occurrence
Coburn Quarry
Coeburn
Critical Folk Coal Mine
East Stone Gap
Irondale Mine Area
Little Kelly Cave
Little Kennedy Cave
Norton
Number 1 Mine (Southwest Sand Company Inc.)
Oreton Mine
Powell Mountain Saltpeter Cave
Rim Rock Quarry
Rocky Hollow Cave
Southwest Quarry
Tom's Creek
Unnamed Coal Mines
Wildcat Saltpeter Cave

Latitude: 36°55'44"N
Longitude: 82°42'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.928888888889,-82.705
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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba H Mn O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteCopiapiteCoquimbiteCoronaditeCorundumFluorite
HalotrichiteHexahydriteMelanteriteMetavoltineNonePyriteQuartzRömeriteSphaleriteSpinel
StarkeyiteVoltaite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Ferrinatrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Niter  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Römerite  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderotil  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Thénardite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5283250,283251,283252,283254,28325627770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)6283250,283251,283253,283254,283255,2832561252
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O2283242,283243382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O1283242136
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26283250,283251,283252,283254,283255,2832569895
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O2283242,28324325
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212832519617
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O3283242,283243,283268409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32283241,28326214640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O1283251251
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128326714899
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2283242,283243915
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O2283242,28324378
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)7283239,283240,283258,283259,283263,283265,283269181
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2283247,2832602994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128325139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O100312
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O2283242,283243115
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O2283242,283243293
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12832576417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O2283242,28324384
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128324921482
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O128325179
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)6283244,283250,283251,283252,283254,283255589
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1283268299
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O2283242,283243111


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