Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Prince William Co., Virginia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 500

mindat Locality ID: 26996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prince William Co., Virginia, USA": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Aden
Bull Run Mountain
Cedar Run Mine
Culpeper Basin
Fredricksburg
Gainesville
Gold-Pyrite Belt
Haymarket
Hopewell Gap
John Austin And R. Barbour Dimension Stone Quarry
Kings Crossroads
Manassas
Manassas Mine
Manassas National Park
Manassas Occurrence
McCanless Construction Company Diabase Quarries
Millbrook Quarries
Minnieville
Musselman Brothers Dimension Stone Quarry
Quantico
Signal Mtn
Silver Lake Shale Pit
South Manassas Prospect
Thoroughfare Gap
Wellington
Woodbridge Clay Products Company

Latitude: 38°46'57"N
Longitude: 77°35'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.7825,-77.5875

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gadolinite
Garnet	Gypsum	Gyrolite	Heulandite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Millerite	Natrolite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Gadolinite
Garnet Gypsum Gyrolite Heulandite Malachite Melanterite Mica Millerite Natrolite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Wurtzite Zircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Millerite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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			4	282323,282328,282332,282339	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	282339	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	282323	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	282339	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	282325	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	282319	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)			1	282339	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	282317,282343	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	282323,282339	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	282323,282328,282332,282339	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O			1	282339	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	282323,282328,282339	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	282339	1025
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	282328	382
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	282339	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	282328	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			2	282323,282339	498
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	282339	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	282328	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	282328,282339	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	282325	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	500	500	2	282326,282329	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	282325	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	282339	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	282339	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	282328	6890
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O			1	282339	142
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	282339	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			1	282339	246
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	282339	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			2	282323,282339	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	282323,282328	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	282319,282339	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			2	282321,282328	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	282338	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	282339	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	282339	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	282339	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	282339	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			1	282339	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	282323,282332,282339	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	500	500	6	282321,282325,282326,282328,282330,282339	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	282328	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	500	500	6	282319,282323,282326,282328,282339,282346	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	282339	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	282339	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	282328	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O			1	282339	390
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	282328,282339	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	282328,282339	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	282339	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	282339	268
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O			1	282339	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	282339	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	282339	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	282339	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	USGS-Rb-Sr-06533	500	500	50	Rb-Sr			whole rock							104526	Crawford Placers Prospect (Neabsco Creek Prospect), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Prince William Co., Virginia, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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