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Locality Name:
LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation Of America Mine), Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 7680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation Of America Mine), Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°17'0"N
Longitude: 81°17'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.283333333333,-81.283333333333
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 Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArrojaditeArsenopyriteAutuniteBerauniteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChildrenite
ChloriteClayColumbiteFairfielditeFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetLaueiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePhosphosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeiteRoscheriteRutileStewartite
StilpnomelaneStrunziteTourmalineVivianiteZircon

54 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  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Kastningite  (*)Laueite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Matulaite  (*)Messelite  (*)Microcline  (*)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+Si2O601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)0255
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)20309
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O038
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O60518
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)ArrojaditeK(NaMn)CaNa3AlMn13(PO4)12(OH)2026
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O0128
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O072
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5052
Herderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)F020
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)0204
Holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2042
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)0119
Kastningite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O08
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O070
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20238
Matulaite  (*)NoneFe3+Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O010
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O043
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Paravauxite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O019
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O043
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O022
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O60688
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O098
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6099
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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