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Locality Name:
Orange Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 27125
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27125.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orange Co., Virginia, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Barboursville Basin
Gold-Pyrite Belt
Indiantown Quarry
Madison Run
Perrys Mill Road Quarry
Rhoadesville
Sommerset
U.S. Highway 33
Vepiersville Quarry
Walnut Creek Mine
Webster Brick Company Clay Pit
Wilderness

Latitude: 38°13'23"N
Longitude: 77°55'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.223055555556,-77.919166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiamondDiasporeMarcasiteMica
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurTalc

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22282042,2820533092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2282042,2820479052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128205327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12820355707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26282034,282037,282038,282042,282043,28205327198
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1282053697
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3282038,282042,28205324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12820637437
Gold  (*)CopperAu22282036,282037,282038,282039,282040,282041,282042,282043,282044,282045,282046,282048,282049,282050,282051,282052,282053,282054,282055,282056,282057,28206530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12820622812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3128206314640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212820535674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22282042,28205317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211282034,282036,282037,282038,282042,282043,282053,282054,282056,282063,28206539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812820429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218282036,282037,282038,282039,282040,282041,282042,282043,282045,282046,282049,282050,282052,282053,282054,282056,282057,28206561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128204221482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212820613337


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