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Locality Name:
New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 8479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8479.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°4'7"N
Longitude: 77°30'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.068611111111,-77.516111111111
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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteApophylliteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteMalachite
MordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphalerite
ThomsoniteTitaniteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goosecreekite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Loudounite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)0161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)0498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goosecreekite  (*)NoneCa(Si6Al2)O16·5H2O013
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O085
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O099
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Loudounite  (*)NoneNaCa5Zr4Si16O40(OH)11·8H2O02
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O0405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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