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Locality Name:
Culpeper Basin, Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 254563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Culpeper Basin, Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Batna Mine
Culpeper Prospect
Drakesville

Latitude: 38°24'50"N
Longitude: 77°56'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.413888888889,-77.945555555556

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 O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23280579,280580,2805815509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128058027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12805815707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22280579,28058027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12805808173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3128058014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22280579,28058012537
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41280581369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22280579,28058039462



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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