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Locality Name:
Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 25960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bessemer City Quarry
LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation Of America Mine)
Martin Marietta Quarry

Latitude: 35°17'6"N
Longitude: 81°18'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.285,-81.310833333333
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 As B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArrojaditeArsenopyriteAutuniteBerauniteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChildrenite
ChloriteClayColumbiteFairfielditeFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetLaueiteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhosphosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeiteRoscheriteRutile
StewartiteStilpnomelaneStrunziteTourmalineVivianiteZircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Bavenite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Collinsite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Eosphorite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Frondelite  (*)Herderite  (*)
Heterosite  (*)Holmquistite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Kastningite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Laueite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Matulaite  (*)Messelite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paravauxite  (*)Parsettensite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Roscherite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O612505731022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2250572,2505738803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32250572,2505732353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2250572,2505739052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12505731272
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)1250573255
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1250573136
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)22250572,250573606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182250572,2505734286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125057327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22250572,2505735171
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21250573309
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125057327198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812505731756
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O125057338
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61250573518
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)ArrojaditeK(NaMn)CaNa3AlMn13(PO4)12(OH)2125057326
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212505739895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2250572,250573648
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1250573520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O2250572,250573128
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O125057372
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2250572,2505732740
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5125057352
Herderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)F125057320
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)1250573204
Holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)23250572,250573,25057442
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1250572367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)1250573119
Kastningite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O12505738
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412505721507
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O125057370
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21250573238
Matulaite  (*)NoneFe3+Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O125057310
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O125057343
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12505734924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212505725800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22250572,25057317380
Paravauxite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O125057319
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O125057343
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1250573182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22250572,25057339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22250572,25057361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2250572,2505731711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)51250573206
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O125057322
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22250572,2505735614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12505732705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2250572,2505736417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312505731214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O62250572,250573688
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1250573263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O125057398
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6125057399
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1250573433
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2250572,250573636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12505735251


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