Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Grayson Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 109569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gossan Lead District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Grayson Co., Virginia, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Austin Prospect
Blevin Mine
Fries
Fulton Prospect
H. Cox Prospect (Cox's Mine)
Higgins Property
New River At Hampton Ford
Phipps Property
Rectors Store

Latitude: 36°35'32"N
Longitude: 81°5'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.592222222222,-81.087777777778

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.

Apatite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite

Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Staurolite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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 F Fe H Mn O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Garnet Malachite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	281305,281309,281310,281313	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	281308,281315	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	281311,281314	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	281305,281306,281313	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	281306,281308	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	281306	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	281313	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	281308,281315	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	281313	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	281305,281308,281309,281310,281313,281315	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	281305,281306,281308,281309,281310,281313	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	281306,281311,281313,281314,281315	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	281308	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	4	281308,281311,281314,281315	1214
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	281313	978
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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