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Locality Name:
New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., West Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 61920
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61920.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., West Virginia, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ohio River Alluvials

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

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxene
QuartzRutileSpinelTitaniteZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612868152060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128681527770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12868158173
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312868155433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412868151507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128681514899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2128681517380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12868152349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2128681561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212868155614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512868151516
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12868154899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12868155251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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