Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Goochland, Goochland Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 251337
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251337.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goochland, Goochland Co., Virginia, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Amber Queen Mine
Bradshaw Prospect
Irwin Mine
Monteiro Mine (Montiero Tract Mine)
Nicholas Prospect
Owens Prospect
Reed Mine
Salter Prospect
Swann Prospect

Latitude: 37°42'46"N
Longitude: 77°52'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.712777777778,-77.868055555556

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.

Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 C H K Mn Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Graphite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	281190	8803
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	281186	2812
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	281190	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9	281186,281187,281188,281189,281190,281191,281192,281193,281194	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	281186	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	281186,281188,281190,281193	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	281193	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	281186	1214

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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