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Locality Name:
Dixon Creek, Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 351
Youngest recorded age at locality: 345

mindat Locality ID: 107825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107825.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dixon Creek, Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Be Ca Cu Fe H Li Mg Mn O P S Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Cu Fe H Li Mg Mn O P S Si Sn Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylChalcopyriteDufréniteDumortieriteNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneRutile
SphaleriteVivianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)
Holmquistite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1834534504286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO235134505171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2351345027198
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O3513450139
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O183513450231
Holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2351345042
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)3513450155
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2351345039462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO235134505614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS351345021482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O63513450688
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O3513450636



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00021345345345  high   YesFootemineiteBe3280Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA Swanson (2012)10.3749/canmin.50.6.1589CM50_1589 
Bradley_2012_149351347349±2U/Pb columbite, tantalite  Yes  3280Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAFooteMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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