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Locality Name:
Morefield Mine (Morefield Pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia Co., Virginia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 253.01
Youngest recorded age at locality: 253.01

mindat Locality ID: 4200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morefield Mine (Morefield Pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°21'38"N
Longitude: 77°54'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.360555555556,-77.913888888889

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.

Allanite	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arthurite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite
Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Humboldtine	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Oxalate	Perovskite	Phenakite	Phosphophyllite	Phosphosiderite	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sodalite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite	Zircon

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arthurite Beryl Bismutite Calcite
Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Humboldtine Kaolinite Kieserite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Oxalate Perovskite Phenakite Phosphophyllite Phosphosiderite Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Sodalite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Triplite Zircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Bermanite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brockite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chiolite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cryolite ()*	Elpasolite ()*	Euclase ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluellite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gearksutite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hollandite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lead ()*	Lindbergite ()*	Masutomilite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Pachnolite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*
Prosopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Schorl ()*	Serrabrancaite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*
Strengite ()*	Sussexite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Thomsenolite ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*	Weddellite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	253.01	253.01	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	253.01	253.01	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	253.01	253.01	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	253.01	253.01	1036
Bermanite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	253.01	253.01	55
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	253.01	253.01	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	253.01	253.01	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	253.01	253.01	716
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O	253.01	253.01	48
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	253.01	253.01	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	253.01	253.01	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	253.01	253.01	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	253.01	253.01	27198
Chiolite ()*	None	Na₅Al₃F₁₄	253.01	253.01	5
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	253.01	253.01	321
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	253.01	253.01	518
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	253.01	253.01	50
Elpasolite ()*	Perovskite	K₂NaAlF₆	253.01	253.01	16
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	253.01	253.01	120
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	253.01	253.01	414
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	253.01	253.01	271
Fluellite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)F₂(OH)·7H₂O	253.01	253.01	40
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	253.01	253.01	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	253.01	253.01	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	253.01	253.01	24243
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	253.01	253.01	68
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	253.01	253.01	173
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	253.01	253.01	237
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	253.01	253.01	243
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	253.01	253.01	56
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	253.01	253.01	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	253.01	253.01	5591
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	253.01	253.01	192
Lindbergite ()*	Humboldtine Oxalate	Mn(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	253.01	253.01	12
Masutomilite ()*	Mica	KLiAlMn²⁺(Si₃Al)O₁₀(F,OH)₂	253.01	253.01	12
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	253.01	253.01	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	253.01	253.01	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	253.01	253.01	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	253.01	253.01	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	253.01	253.01	2994
Pachnolite ()*	None	NaCaAlF₆·H₂O	253.01	253.01	18
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	253.01	253.01	326
Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphophyllite	Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	253.01	253.01	29
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	253.01	253.01	182
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	253.01	253.01	182
Prosopite ()*	None	CaAl₂F₄(OH)₄	253.01	253.01	39
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	253.01	253.01	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	253.01	253.01	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	253.01	253.01	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	253.01	253.01	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	253.01	253.01	353
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	253.01	253.01	2705
Serrabrancaite ()*	Kieserite	Mn(PO₄)·H₂O	253.01	253.01	8
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	253.01	253.01	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	253.01	253.01	688
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	253.01	253.01	263
Sussexite ()*	None	Mn²⁺BO₂(OH)	253.01	253.01	25
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	253.01	253.01	211
Thomsenolite ()*	None	NaCaAlF₆·H₂O	253.01	253.01	23
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	253.01	253.01	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	253.01	253.01	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	253.01	253.01	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	253.01	253.01	233
Weddellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	253.01	253.01	32
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	253.01	253.01	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0192	253.01	253.01	253.01		Age of pegmatite									4200	Morefield Mine (Morefield Pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia Co., Virginia, USA	Morefield	Bradley et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1600035	CM54_945

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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