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:
Gainesville, Prince William Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 255453
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255453.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gainesville, Prince William Co., Virginia, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gainesville Quarry

Latitude: 38°46'59"N
Longitude: 77°35'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.783055555556,-77.599722222222

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gadolinite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz	Spinel

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Calcite Chalcopyrite Gadolinite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Analcime ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Datolite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	282323	3419
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	282323	1627
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	282323	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	282323	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	282323	27198
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	282323	498
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	282323	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	282323	14899
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	282323	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	282323	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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