Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Glasgow, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 255570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glasgow, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hellgate Canyon
Lone Jack Quarry

Latitude: 37°37'59"N
Longitude: 79°27'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.633055555556,-79.45

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite
Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nacrite ()*	Niter ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*
Thénardite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Hexahydrite
Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Starkeyite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	282484	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	282485	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	282485	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	282485	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	282485	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	282485	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	282485	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	282485	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	282485	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	282484,282485	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	282485	6890
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	282485	251
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	282485	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	282485	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	282485	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	282485	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	282485	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	282485	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	282485	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	282484	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	282485	112
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	282485	181
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	282485	306
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	282485	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	282485	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	282485	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	282485	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	282485	293
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	282485	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	282485	79
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	282485	299
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	282484	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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