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Locality Name:
Rappahannock River, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rappahannock River, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Marshall Mine
United States Mines (Welford Mine)

Latitude: 38°21'24"N
Longitude: 77°37'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.356666666667,-77.620833333333
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 Au B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteChalcopyriteClayCopperMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteTourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212830223092
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128302227198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128302224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2283021,28302230554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212830225674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2128302217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128302239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2128302261156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12830222705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128302221482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1283022605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412830221655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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