Predictive Mineralogy
Possible unrecorded species at Dark Hollow Mine (Blue Ridge Copper Company Mine), Fishers Gap, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Madison County, Virginia, USA
This table is based on statistical analysis of other localities containing similar species to the ones found at this locality.
Possible missing species | Formula | Match % | Due to recorded presence of |
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Pyrite | FeS2 | 99.82% | Azurite (58.39 %), Calcite (51.16 %), Chalcopyrite (75.16 %), Cuprite (58.26 %), Epidote (56.37 %), Malachite (52.79 %), Tenorite (59.82 %) |
Chalcocite | Cu2S | 51.43% | Tenorite (51.44 %) |
Galena | PbS | 40.85% | Chalcopyrite (51.07 %) |
Sphalerite | ZnS | 40.53% | Chalcopyrite (50.66 %) |
Key: Mineral matches key element mineralogy of deposit Key element(s) in mineral not listed for deposit (-20% score)
Predicting paragenetic modes of deposit
Green indicates almost certain match based on minerals unique to a certain deposit type. Yellow indicates a possibly poor match, but should not be entirely discounted. Scores > 100 indicate strong confidence.