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Locality Name:
Martin Marietta Quarry (11th Avenue Quarry), Hickory, Catawba Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 6976
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6976.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Martin Marietta Quarry (11th Avenue Quarry), Hickory, Catawba Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°43'1"N
Longitude: 81°17'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.716944444444,-81.299722222222
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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteApophylliteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetHeulanditeMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyrite
QuartzRhodoniteRutileSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteTourmaline

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Ankerite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mesolite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)0161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O0246
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O085
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O099
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O0425
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899


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