Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Marion, Smyth Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 255714
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255714.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marion, Smyth Co., Virginia, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Comers Creek
Deans Branch
Farts Mine No. 2 Limestone (Marble Mine)
Henderlite Mine
Roadcut

Latitude: 36°51'22"N
Longitude: 81°35'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.856111111111,-81.585

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	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Rutile

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 Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite None Pyrite Rutile

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	282857	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	282857,282858	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	282857	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	282857	9617
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	282855	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	282857	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	282854	770
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	282857	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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