Predictive Mineralogy
Possible unrecorded species at Austinville Flatwood Pb Zn Mine, Austinville-Ivanhoe Mining District, New River-Cripple Creek Region, Wythe 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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Quartz | SiO2 | 99.99% | Anglesite (68.30 %), Baryte (60.21 %), Calcite (62.43 %), Dolomite (62.52 %), Fluorite (66.12 %), Galena (65.16 %), Hemimorphite (61.55 %), Marcasite (70.46 %), Pyrite (67.27 %), Smithsonite (55.59 %), Sphalerite (67.53 %) |
Cerussite | PbCO3 | 95.50% | Anglesite (71.56 %), Hemimorphite (64.31 %), Smithsonite (55.69 %) |
Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 79.08% | Anglesite (58.14 %), Galena (56.79 %), Marcasite (63.89 %), Pyrite (51.72 %), Sphalerite (63.80 %) |
Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 40.27% | Anglesite (50.35 %) |
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.