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Locality Name:
Gossan Howard Mine, Galax, Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll Co., Virginia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 11434
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11434.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gossan Howard Mine, Galax, Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll 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
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 Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumCubaniteGypsumMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
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
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


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