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Locality Name:
Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Baxter Head Farm
Buffalo Vein Mine (Sharpes Emerald Prospect; Squirrel Nut Mine)
Dover S. Johnson Farm
Emerald Hollow Mine
Emerald Valley Mine
Hiddenite Occurrence
J. Glover Mayberry Farm
Pyler-Benfield Hiddenite-Emerald Pit
Rist Mine (North America Emerald Mine; American Gems Mine; LKA International Emerald Mine)
Rocky Face Quarry Prospect
Sharpes Emerald Prospect
Wooten-Rutledge Mine

Latitude: 35°54'46"N
Longitude: 81°5'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.912777777778,-81.095277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
DiasporeDumortieriteFeldsparGarnetKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNeptunite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Eucryptite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Holmquistite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Neptunite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Titanite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12490938803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312490932353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212490933092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12490939052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O184249086,249089,249093,2490954286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124909327770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O1249093310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124909327198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812490931756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612490934135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212490939895
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O180231
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0520
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Eucryptite  (*)PhenakiteLiAlSiO4029
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6124909384
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12490932740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124909324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12490937437
Graphite  (*)NoneC12490932812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312490931544
Holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2042
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412490935591
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212490935800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1249093945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23249086,249093,24909517380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Neptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O24049
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1249093767
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124909339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812490939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29249085,249086,249087,249089,249091,249092,249093,249095,24909661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24249086,249089,249092,2490935614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2249086,2490932705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12490936417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124909321482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O65249089,249090,249092,249093,249096688
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12490934899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1249093939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12490935251


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