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Locality Name:
Stony Point, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 254279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stony Point, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Stony Point Mine
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10300712)

Latitude: 38°7'8"N
Longitude: 78°21'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.118888888889,-78.356388888889

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 Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Siderotil  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12793873250
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127938727198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12793872970
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12793877437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127938714640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127938712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127938717380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12793872994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127938739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127938761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12793876417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O127938784



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