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Locality Name:
Southern Lead, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Floyd Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 254639
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254639.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Lead, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Floyd Co., Virginia, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bear Bed Prospect (Laurel Prospect)
Belcher Prospect (Weddle Prospect; Old Copper Mine)
Hilton Prospect (Hylton Prospect)
Sutherland Prospect (Nowlin Mine; Fisher; Hylton)
Taz Weeks Prospect
Toncrae Mine (Toncrae-Howard Mine; Toncray Mine)

Latitude: 36°49'24"N
Longitude: 80°24'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.823333333333,-80.405555555556
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 Mn Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCovelliteDiasporeGarnetGypsumLepidocrociteMalachiteMelanterite
NickelineNoneOlivinePyriteQuartzRoseliteSphaleriteSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kröhnkite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312808712353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12808699052
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4280867,280868,280870,2808715707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22280869,28087127198
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1280871363
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12808714165
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2280866,2808677437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12808716890
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O128087127
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1280868581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43280866,280869,28087114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128087112537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1280871915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26280866,280867,280868,280869,280870,28087139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84280866,280867,280869,2808719056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24280867,280868,280869,28087161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2280869,28087121482
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1280871240


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