Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Morganton Quarry (Vulcan Materials Co. Quarry), Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30803.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morganton Quarry (Vulcan Materials Co. Quarry), Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°45'44"N
Longitude: 81°39'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.762222222222,-81.653055555556

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Garnet	Mica	None	Quartz	Titanite	Tourmaline

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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Na O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca F Fe H K Na O P Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Garnet Mica None Quartz Titanite Tourmaline

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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