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Locality Name:
Virgilina District, Granville Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 29156
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29156.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Virgilina District, Granville Co., North Carolina, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Blue Wing Mine (Royster Mine; Spring Shaft)
Holloway Mine (Copper King Mines)

Latitude: 36°30'30"N
Longitude: 78°46'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.508333333333,-78.781944444444
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: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigenite
EpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anilite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2250727,2507282793
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4125072788
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22250727,2507285509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42250727,2507285516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2250727,25072827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2250727,2507285707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125072727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12507273531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12507283846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12507284165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2250727,2507282970
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S162250727,250728300
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2250727,2507288173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32250727,25072814640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22250727,25072812537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22250727,25072817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12507282349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125072739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812507279056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22250727,25072861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12507285186


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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