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Locality Name:
Hutter Mine (Herter Magnetite Mine), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba District, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 29805
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29805.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hutter Mine (Herter Magnetite Mine), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba District, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°58'53"N
Longitude: 79°28'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.981388888889,-79.469722222222
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 Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCalciteClayCorundumGarnetHumiteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Alleghanyite  (*)Almandine  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Galaxite  (*)Galena  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)
Kinoshitalite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganhumite  (*)Manganosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Sonolite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS0312
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)2077
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2083
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2027
Galaxite  (*)SpinelMn2+Al2O4043
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O40172
Kinoshitalite  (*)Mica ClayBaMg3(Si2Al2O10)(OH)2020
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)20234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Manganhumite  (*)HumiteMn2+7(SiO4)3(OH)2014
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO073
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO30244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Sonolite  (*)HumiteMn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)2050
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)0240


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