Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Bessemer City Quarry, Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 100705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-100705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bessemer City Quarry, Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°20'44"N
Longitude: 81°18'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.345555555556,-81.314722222222

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	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Childrenite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Tourmaline	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Dravite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Holmquistite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Vivianite ()*

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Sn Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Sn Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Childrenite Clay Feldspar Garnet Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Tourmaline Vivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	128
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	42
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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