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Locality Name:
Fries, Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll Co., Virginia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 30161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fries, Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll Co., Virginia, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chestnut Yard Mine
Gossan Mine
Iron Ridge Mine (Bumbarger Pit; Great Outburst Mine; Huey Pit; Monarat Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCorundumCovellite
CubaniteDiasporeEpidoteGarnetHalotrichiteHexahydriteKieseriteMelanteriteMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrohexahydrite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)210005413280419,280420,2804213419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10005412280419,28042127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S100054112804215707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210005413280419,280420,28042127198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8100054112804211756
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O10005412280420,280421382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS100054112804214165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S310005411280421802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10005413280419,280420,2804218173
Ferrohexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteFe2+(SO4)·6H2O10005412280420,28042121
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F100054112804212740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10005412280419,28042124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)100054112804217437
Graphite  (*)NoneC10005412280419,2804212812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310005413280419,280420,28042114640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te10005411280421804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O310005412280419,2804215433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O410005413280419,280420,28042114899
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O10005411280421915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210005412280419,28042117380
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O10005411280421265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210005413280419,280420,28042139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S810005413280419,280420,2804219056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210005412280419,28042161156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O10005411280421293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO210005413280419,280420,2804215614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)310005413280419,280420,2804211214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10005412280419,28042121482
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O10005412280420,280421139
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)210005412280419,2804212562


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-010751000541Late Proterozoic        11508Iron Ridge Mine (Bumbarger Pit; Great Outburst Mine; Huey Pit; Monarat Mine), Fries, Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll Co., Virginia, USAGossan Howard-Huey-BumbargerMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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