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Locality Name:
Bath Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 29821
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29821.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bath Co., Virginia, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Breathing Cave (Burnsville Saltpeter Cave)
Butler Cave
Clarks Cave
Deerfield
Hodge Prospect
Hot Springs
Little Piney Mountain Prospect
Lowmoor Pit
McClung
Mountain Grove Saltpeter Cave
Potluck Quarry
Rehobeth Church Barite Occurrence
Starr Chapel Saltpeter Cave
Walker Mountain
Warm Springs

Latitude: 38°1'23"N
Longitude: 79°47'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.023055555556,-79.798055555556
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 F Fe H K Mg Mn N O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCorundumDiasporeEpsomiteGypsumNone
PyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteTaranakite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Gearksutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Manganite  (*)Niter  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Taranakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2279851,2798523250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127986311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2279851,27986027770
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61279852310
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O127985768
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2279852,2798557437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4279851,279852,279857,2798596890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127985514640
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1279852341
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1279852367
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1279868770
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)4279851,279853,279861,279864181
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127986039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22279855,27986561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127985521482
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O127985257


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