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Locality Name:
Betty Baker Segment, Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 254525
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254525.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Betty Baker Segment, Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll Co., Virginia, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Betty Baker Mine (Bettie Baker Mine; Paint Bank Mine; Carter Mine)
Galup Mine

Latitude: 36°50'28"N
Longitude: 80°43'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.841111111111,-80.729166666667
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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeGarnetLöllingite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212804003419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212804005509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128040027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2280400,2804015707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128040027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12804004165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31280400802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12804002970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212804009895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2280400,28040124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2280400,2804017437
Graphite  (*)NoneC12804002812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32280400,28040114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312804005433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12804001271
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21280400762
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22280400,28040117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22280400,28040139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82280400,2804019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22280400,28040161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212804005614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312804001214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2280400,28040121482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312804005317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212804002562


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