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Locality Name:
Landes, Grant Co., West Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 253584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Landes, Grant Co., West Virginia, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Landes Meteorite

Latitude: 38°53'59"N
Longitude: 79°11'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.899722222222,-79.183333333333

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCeriteCopperFeldsparIronNoneOlivinePyroxeneRocksaltSphalerite
Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Copper  (*)Daubréelite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Graphite  (*)Iron  (*)
Magnesiochromite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Whitlockite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1286499312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12864998803
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1286499203
Copper  (*)CopperCu12864993846
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41286499157
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612864994135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61286499944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12864991188
Graphite  (*)NoneC12864992812
Iron  (*)IronFe12864991089
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41286499311
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1286499374
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128649921482
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1286499703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12864991044
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)61286499104



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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