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Locality Name:
Beaufort Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 102600
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102600.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beaufort Co., North Carolina, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
North Carolina Phosphate District
Pamlico River
Phosphate Pit (MRDS - 10074546)
Richland Occurrence

Latitude: 35°22'9"N
Longitude: 76°53'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.369166666667,-76.888055555556
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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFluoriteGypsumMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTitaniteZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12495231588
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124952327770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24249523,249525,249528,2495299895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12495232740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24249523,249525,249528,2495299617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12495236890
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312495235433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)4249523,249525,249528,2495291487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O4249523,249525,249528,2495291508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24249523,249525,249528,24952961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212495235614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12495235251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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