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Locality Name:
Tabscott, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Goochland Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 29636
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29636.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tabscott, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Goochland Co., Virginia, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Busby's Mine (Busby Mine; Groom Property; Busbee Mine)
Moss Mine
Waller Mine

Latitude: 37°51'24"N
Longitude: 78°4'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.856666666667,-78.070555555556
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 Au B Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteFeldsparGarnetIron
KaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Ankerite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12811798803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312811782353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212811793092
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412811795516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128117927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22281178,28117927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12811783846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12811784165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128117824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3281177,281178,28117930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Iron  (*)IronFe01089
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42281178,2811795591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412811781507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128117814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212811785674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22281178,28117917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22281178,28117939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12811781725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812811799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23281177,281178,28117961156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12811782705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128117821482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1281178510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312811785317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12811794899
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1281178605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412811781655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12811795251


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