Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Grant Co., West Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 28321
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28321.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grant Co., West Virginia, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Beans Lime And Stone Quarry
Feaster Prospect
Greenland Gap
Isaac Lewis Farm
Island Creek Coal Company Mine
Keplinger Quarry
Ketterman Prospect
Landes
McDonald Tract Mine
Peacock Cave
Scherr Quarry
Smokehole Caverns

Latitude: 39°3'54"N
Longitude: 79°10'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.065,-79.1725

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	Baryte	Calcite	Cerite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Iron	None	Olivine
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Copper ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*
Magnesiochromite ()*	Niter ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Whitlockite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Mg O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Cerite Copper Corundum Feldspar Iron None Olivine
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	286499	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	286499	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	286503	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	0		1252
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	286499	203
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	286499	3846
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	286499	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	286499	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	286499	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	286499	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	286499	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	286493,286494	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	286499	1089
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	286499	311
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	286501	181
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	286495	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	286499	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	286499	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	286499	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	286499	1044
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	1	286499	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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