Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montpelier, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 254672
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254672.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montpelier, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Metal And Thermite Corporation Mine
Montpelier Mine (Bowe Farm Prospect; Feldspar Corporation Quarry)

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

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.

Amphibole	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Goethite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Titanite Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	281412	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	281412	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	281412	2162
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	281412	718
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	281412	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	281411,281412	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	281412	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	281412	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	281412	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	281412	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	281412	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	281412	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	281412	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	281412	1214
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	281412	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	281412	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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