Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Clifton Forge Iron District, Alleghany Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 254325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clifton Forge Iron District, Alleghany Co., Virginia, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Island Ford Cave
Low Moor B Mine
Low Moor Number 1 Mine
Low Moor White Rock Mine
Lowmoor Cave

Latitude: 37°28'5"N
Longitude: 79°53'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.468055555556,-79.896388888889

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile

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 F Fe H K Mn Na O P Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Diaspore None Not in a structural group Rutile

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Birnessite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Manganite ()*	Scholzite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	279415	178
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	279415	310
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	279419	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	279416,279417,279418,279419	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	279415	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	279415	1066
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	279415	770
Scholzite ()*	None	CaZn₂(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	279415	20

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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