Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Franklin Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 28407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Franklin Co., Virginia, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Adney Gap
Chestnut Mountain
Connor B. Hall Iron Deposit
Eames No. 1 Mine
Fork Mountain
Grassy Hill Prospect
Gryczt Farm Prospect
Jacks Mountain
King Ramsey Mine (Blue Ridge Talc Company Inc.)
Oak Level
Patterson Mine
Penhook
Plyburn Prospect
Quarry (MRDS - 10155144)
Rocky Mount
Sydnorsville
Teel Mill
Turkeycock Mountain
Unnamed Mica Mine (MRDS - 10130632)
Unnamed Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10179254)

Latitude: 36°52'49"N
Longitude: 79°51'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.880277777778,-79.851666666667

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Staurolite	Talc

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe Mg O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Staurolite Talc

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	280989	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	280993,281005,281014,281015	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	281030	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	281022	1756
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0		944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	281026	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	280988	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	281026	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	281022	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	280989,281000,281024	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	281033	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	281023,281032	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	280989	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	30	280989,280990,280991,280992,280993,280994,280995,280996,280997,280998,280999,281000,281001,281002,281003,281004,281005,281006,281007,281008,281009,281010,281011,281012,281013,281014,281015,281016,281019,281033	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	280989	2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	281033	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	281023,281026	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	281000,281013,281015,281024,281033	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	281034	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	281035	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	281019	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	281023,281029	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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