Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Goldsmith Mine, Democrat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 5497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goldsmith Mine, Democrat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°47'21"N
Longitude: 82°30'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.789166666667,-82.503888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Olivine	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Talc

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 Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Feldspar Mica None Olivine Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Forsterite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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