Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fairfax Quarry (Centreville Quarry; Sisslers Quarry), Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fairfax Quarry (Centreville Quarry; Sisslers Quarry), Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°49'32"N
Longitude: 77°29'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.825555555556,-77.490555555556

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Apophyllite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite
Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Titanite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cuprobismutite ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Loudounite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Okenite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wittichenite ()*
Wurtzite ()*

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: Ag Al B Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al B Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Apophyllite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite
Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Titanite Wurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	161
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	203
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	43
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	85
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Loudounite ()*	None	NaCa₅Zr₄Si₁₆O₄₀(OH)₁₁·8H₂O	2
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	71
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	189
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	297
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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