Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buck Hill, Parnassus, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 51985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buck Hill, Parnassus, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°18'40"N
Longitude: 79°9'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.311111111111,-79.158055555556

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	Analcime	Calcite	Catapleiite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Natrolite	None	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Annite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Catapleiite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chamosite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Opal ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Calcite Catapleiite Chabazite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Mica Natrolite None Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Tridymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	356
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	295
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	113
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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