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:
Piney River Area, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 254354
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254354.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piney River Area, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
American Cyanamid Lagoon
Dominion Stone Plant Quarry
International Minerals And Chemical Corporation Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Titanite

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stevensite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	279621	8803
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	279621	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	279621	1025
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	279621	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	279621	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	279621	21482
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	279620	57
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	279621	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	279621	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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