Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Little River Prospect, Montgomery County, Virginia, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 59' 37'' North , 80° 31' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
36.99361,-80.53194
GeoHash:
G#: dnwdrqqrm
GRN:
N25W47
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Snowville149 (2011)5.1km
Riner859 (2011)11.5km
Plum Creek1,524 (2017)15.4km
Radford17,403 (2017)15.9km
Hiwassee264 (2011)16.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
104275
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:104275:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE PILOT MOUNTAIN AREA, VIRGINIA: BULLETIN OF THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO. 91, V. 47, NO. 4, 32 P.
Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., RANKIN, D.W., SHAW, K.W., AND N
Commodities (Major) - Sulfur - Iron Pyrite; (Minor) - Iron, Copper
Development Status: Occurrence
Deposit Model: 197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Host Rock Unit: Harpers Formation, Pegmatite
Structure: Pilot Mountain Anticline, Ne-Sw Trend, Pilot Mountain-Fishers View Thrust Fault (Holston Mountain Fault), Fries Fault
Host Rock: Iron Formation, Sandstone, Sedimentary Breccia, Shale

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘGoethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
OOxygen
Oⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
SSulfur
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
FeIron
Feⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2

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