Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Little Friar Mountain Mine (Massie Mine), Amherst Co., Virginia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 52378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Friar Mountain Mine (Massie Mine), Amherst Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Feldspar	None	Quartz	Spinel	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 Fe K O Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe K O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Feldspar None Quartz Spinel Zircon

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	541	541	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	541	541	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	541	61156
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	541	541	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
	ree-00759	541	541	Precambrian			low								52378	Little Friar Mountain Mine (Massie Mine), Amherst Co., Virginia, USA	Little Friar Mountain	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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