Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Halifax Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24894.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Halifax Co., Virginia, USA": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Alton Moor
Bates Mine
Blue Rock Church Occurrence
C. W. Powell Prospect
Carleton Prospect
Graphite Mine
Hyco Formation
Mabel Cole Prospect
Owens Prospect
Sandy Creek Occurrence
South Boston
South Boston Quarry
Virgilina District
Weatherford School Occurrence
Womack Occurrence

Latitude: 36°47'12"N
Longitude: 79°'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.786666666667,-79.0075

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anilite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Piemontite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Turquoise

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	281378	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	281378,281384,281385,281388	8803
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	281368	88
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	281368	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	281373,281378,281380,281385,281389	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	12	281369,281371,281372,281373,281375,281378,281380,281381,281384,281385,281388,281389	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	281378,281385,281388,281389	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	13	281369,281370,281371,281372,281373,281375,281378,281380,281381,281384,281385,281388,281389	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	281378,281379,281383,281385	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	281376	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	281368	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	281378,281385	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	5	281368,281373,281380,281384,281385	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	281368	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	281368	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8	281370,281371,281378,281381,281384,281385,281388,281389	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	281355	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	281374,281376,281382,281386,281387	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	281360	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	281378,281385,281387,281388	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	281364	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	281368	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	13	281369,281370,281372,281373,281375,281378,281380,281381,281383,281384,281385,281388,281389	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	281359,281378	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	281378	2349
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	281361	260
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	281367	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	281387	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18	281369,281370,281371,281372,281373,281375,281376,281378,281380,281381,281382,281383,281384,281385,281386,281387,281388,281389	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	281368	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	281368	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	281368	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	281368	73
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	281370	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	281370	5317
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	281366	652
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	281368	297
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1	281368	70

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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