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:
Egypt Mines, Moneta-Forest, Bedford Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 254429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Egypt Mines, Moneta-Forest, Bedford Co., Virginia, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bells Mine (Old River Mine; Goggins Ford Mine)
Boyer Mine
Callahan Mine
Seaboard Mine (Newman Mine)

Latitude: 37°15'46"N
Longitude: 79°26'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.262777777778,-79.445

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	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyrite	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 Ca Fe H K Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica None Pyrite Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spessartine ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	279911	2353
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	279911,279914	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	279911,279914	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	279914	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	279911,279914	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	279914	1214
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	279914	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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