Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mecklenburg Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 105405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105405.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mecklenburg Co., Virginia, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bony Run
Eureka Farm Occurrence
Forksville Meteorite
Hamme Tungsten
J. A. Burwell Property
LaCrosse
Mecklenburg Mica Mine
Pontiac Mine
South Hill
Stith Mine (Moratock Copper; Old Sterling; English)

Latitude: 36°37'23"N
Longitude: 78°20'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.623055555556,-78.334444444444

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	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote
Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tungstite

Almandine ()*	Azurite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cuprotungstite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tungstite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Epidote
Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tungstite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	281852	2353
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	281854	5509
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	3	281848,281849,281850	450
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	281844	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	281857	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	281848,281849,281850	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	281846	203
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	281852	376
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	281857	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	3	281848,281849,281850	67
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	281846	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	281857	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	281847,281848,281849,281850	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	281848,281849,281850	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	281847	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	3	281848,281849,281850	469
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	281852	210
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	281857	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	281846	230
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	281848,281849,281850,281852	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	281848,281849,281850	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	281850	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	281847,281848,281849,281850,281857	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	3	281848,281849,281850	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	281848,281849,281850	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	281848,281849,281850	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	281848,281849,281850	5317
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	3	281848,281849,281850	118

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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