Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Spottswood Bauxite District, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spottswood Bauxite District, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Spottswood

Latitude: 37°57'0"N
Longitude: 79°12'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.95,-79.208333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Clay	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	None	Quartz

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 Fe H O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Diaspore Kaolinite Lepidocrocite None Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Böhmite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	3	279815,279817,279818	195
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	3	279815,279817,279818	481
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	6	279815,279816,279817,279818,279819,279820	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	279815,279817,279818	5591
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	279818	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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