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Locality Name:
Lynch Station, James River-Roanoke River Manganese District, Campbell Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lynch Station, James River-Roanoke River Manganese District, Campbell Co., Virginia, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bishop Mine

Latitude: 37°9'2"N
Longitude: 79°19'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.150555555556,-79.318611111111
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 As Au C Cu Fe H K Li Mn O P Pb S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperCoronaditeCorundumMalachiteNonePyriteQuartz
RutileTurquoise

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Duftite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128023427198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O077
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161280234599
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1280234220
Gold  (*)CopperAu128023430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3128023414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312802345433
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)21280234210
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128023412537
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41280234369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128023439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212802343106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2128023461156
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1280234484


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050554Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, James River-Roanoke River Manganese District, Campbell Co., Virginia, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050554

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