Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 26479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26479.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA": 81
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 70

Number of Child Localities: 34
Child Localities:
Altavista
Axton Pegmatite District
Bragg Mine
Callands
Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite
Chatham
Chatham Quarry
Danville
Danville Basin
Davis Mine
Dryden Wright Mine
George Easley Mine
Greta
Hatchet Mine
Hopewell Prospect
Irby Mine
J. D. Pullen Iron Deposit
J. P. Pullen Prospect
James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba District
Kentuck Prospect
Lee Shelhorse Prospect
MacDonald Mine
Martin Mine
Motley Prospect
P. A. Farmer Occurrence
Pigg River
Pittsville
Pittsville Mine (Whitehead Mine)
R. H. Langhorn Prospect
Rennin
Swanson Uranium Project Prospect (Cole Property; Coles Hill)
Sycamore
Vaughan Prospect
Whittles Emery Deposits

Latitude: 36°54'38"N
Longitude: 79°26'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.910555555556,-79.447777777778

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Harmotome	Humite	Malachite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wavellite	Wollastonite	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 Au B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb Pt S Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Harmotome Humite Malachite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Staurolite Titanite Tourmaline Wavellite Wollastonite Zircon

69 IMA Minerals at location:

Alabandite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*
Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Digenite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*
Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galaxite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Harmotome ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jacobsite ()*
Kinoshitalite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesiohögbomite-6N6S ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganhumite ()*	Manganosite ()*	Metauranocircite-I ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sonolite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tephroite ()*	Titanite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	282234	312
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	282234	77
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	282193,282234	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	282252	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	282181	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	282180,282208	1036
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	19	282196,282199,282200,282201,282202,282203,282204,282205,282220,282221,282224,282230,282231,282232,282233,282234,282235,282238,282259	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1	282234	83
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	7	282185,282189,282190,282192,282193,282194,282249	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	282180	5516
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	282247	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	282213,282234,282252	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	282232,282252	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	282252	566
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	282181	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	282260	1797
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	282180	1027
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	282186	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	282234	371
Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	282234	27
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	282252	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	282213	9617
Galaxite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Al₂O₄	2	282234,282260	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	282234,282252	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	282180	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	282236,282237,282247	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	282225,282239	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	282234	2812
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	282252	290
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	282234	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	282180,282213,282234,282236,282237,282252	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	282260	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	282234,282247	5433
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	282234	172
Kinoshitalite ()*	Mica Clay	BaMg₃(Si₂Al₂O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	282234	20
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	282234	234
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	4	282189,282192,282193,282194	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	282213	1271
Magnesiohögbomite-6N6S ()*	None	(Mg,Al,Fe)₃(Al,Ti)₈O₁₅(OH)	1	282260	3
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	282180,282183,282184,282232,282234,282248,282260	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	282232	12537
Manganhumite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₇(SiO₄)₃(OH)₂	1	282234	14
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	1	282234	73
Metauranocircite-I ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	282252	38
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	282189	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	282181,282182,282188,282189,282190,282191,282192,282193,282194,282195,282200,282201,282202,282203,282205,282206,282222,282230,282233,282238,282254,282255,282256,282257,282258	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	282181	247
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	2	282218,282219	303
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	282208	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	282199,282202,282232,282234	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	282234	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	282234	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	282189,282192,282193,282194,282202,282209,282213,282214,282215,282216,282223,282225,282234,282239,282252	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	282234	1711
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	282208,282252	375
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	3	282180,282197,282234	1516
Sonolite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	1	282234	50
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	282234	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	282234,282252	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	282260	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	282181	978
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	282234	240
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	282180,282252	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	282252	2718
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	282247	374
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	282246	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	282247	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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