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Locality Name:
Culsagee Mine, Corundum Hill, Franklin, Ellijay District, Cowee Valley, Macon Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 10449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10449.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Culsagee Mine, Corundum Hill, Franklin, Ellijay District, Cowee Valley, Macon 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 Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleChloriteClayCorrensiteCorundumDiasporeFeldsparMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRutileSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStauroliteTalc

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Corundum  (*)Diaspore  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Hydrobiotite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Margarite  (*)Népouite  (*)Opal  (*)
Preiswerkite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20718
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)20295
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O049
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)20168
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)4066
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Preiswerkite  (*)MicaNaAlMg2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2014
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)0978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652


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