Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Goochland Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24873
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24873.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goochland Co., Virginia, USA": 85
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 79

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Boscobel Granite Quarry
Byrd Creek
Centreville
David Johnson Prospect
Gold-Pyrite Belt
Goochland
Goochland Courthouse
Hylas Quarry (Richmond Crushed Stone Company; Warren Brothers Inc.)
John Thompson Prospect
Lancelot Marks Mine
Lee Quarry
Lewis Prospect
Mine No. 1
Nuckols Prospect
Peers
Richmond
Roadcut
Roadcut (2)
Roadcut (3)
Rockville Quarry
Royal Stone Quarry
Slayden Mine
State Farm Quarry
Turner Prospect
Unnamed Asbestos Prospect (MRDS - 10252182)
Unnamed Graphite Prospect (MRDS - 10154810)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10304650)
Unnamed Talc-Soapstone Prospect (MRDS - 10228101)
Wiltshire Prospect

Latitude: 37°43'30"N
Longitude: 77°52'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.725,-77.869444444444

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Fe O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Iron Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	281179,281190	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	281178,281195	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	281179	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	281179	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	281179,281210	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	281178,281179,281184	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	281196	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	281178	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	281178	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	281178	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	281175	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	43	281140,281141,281142,281143,281144,281145,281146,281147,281148,281149,281150,281151,281152,281153,281154,281155,281157,281158,281159,281160,281161,281162,281163,281164,281165,281166,281167,281168,281169,281170,281171,281172,281173,281174,281175,281177,281178,281179,281180,281181,281182,281183,281184	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	281186	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	281147,281176	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	281202	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	281176	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	281145,281178,281179,281202	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	281178	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	281210	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	281142,281145,281147,281176,281178	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	281178	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	281190,281202	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	15	281145,281147,281178,281179,281186,281187,281188,281189,281190,281191,281192,281193,281194,281195,281202	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	281186	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	281196	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	281142,281145,281147,281154,281161,281168,281178,281179,281184	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	281178	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	281179	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35	281135,281141,281142,281144,281145,281147,281149,281150,281151,281152,281154,281155,281157,281158,281160,281161,281163,281164,281166,281168,281169,281172,281173,281174,281175,281177,281178,281179,281181,281184,281186,281188,281190,281193,281202	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	281202,281203	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	281178	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	281193	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	281184	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	281186	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	281178,281184	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	281184	337
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	2	281178,281184	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	281178,281184	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	281179	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	281178	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	281178	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	281147,281179,281195	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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