Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Brook Run Quarry
Bull Run
Clay Prospect (MRDS - 10067977)
Clay Prospect (MRDS - 10067978)
Culpeper
Culpeper Basin
Culpeper Mine
Gold-Pyrite Belt
Jeffersonton
Korea
Mitchell
Raccoon Ford
Rapidan
Rapidan Station
Richards Ford
Richardsville
Shale And Clay Prospect (MRDS - 10067976)
Shale Prospect (MRDS - 10067979)
Stevensburg
Waterloo

Latitude: 38°27'42"N
Longitude: 77°55'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.461666666667,-77.918611111111

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite
Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Barrerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stellerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 As Au B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Fe H O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pectolite
Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Titanite Tourmaline

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	280606,280607	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	280606	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	280619	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	280579,280580,280581	5509
Barrerite ()*	Stilbite	Na₂(Si₇Al₂)O₁₈·6H₂O	1	280606	23
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	280619	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	280577,280580,280589,280606,280619	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	280581	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	280579,280580,280588,280619	27198
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	280607	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	280580,280606	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	280619	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	280583	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	0		504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	280601	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	18	280573,280584,280585,280586,280587,280588,280589,280590,280591,280592,280593,280594,280595,280596,280597,280598,280599,280615	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	280580,280590,280601	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	280615	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	280606	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	280589	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	280579,280580	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	280590,280592,280597,280615	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	280606,280611	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	280606	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	280606	1898
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	280581	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	280579,280580,280588,280589,280593,280595,280598,280601,280606,280615,280619	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19	280572,280577,280584,280585,280586,280587,280588,280589,280590,280591,280592,280593,280595,280597,280598,280599,280606,280613,280615	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	280606	189
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	280606	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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