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:
Little Switzerland, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 367
Youngest recorded age at locality: 365

mindat Locality ID: 216512
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216512.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Switzerland, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hollifield Mine
Pittman Mine

Latitude: 35°50'0"N
Longitude: 82°4'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.833333333333,-82.083055555556

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.

Amorphous	Autunite	Beryl	Clay	Mica	None	Quartz

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 Be Ca Cu H K O P Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Autunite Beryl Clay Mica None Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*
Torbernite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	367	365	1	252086	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	367	365	0		4286
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	367	365	1	252086	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	367	365	2	252086,252087	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	367	365	1	252087	61156
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	367	365	1	252087	1059

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_164	367	365	366±1	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			49771	McHone Mine Pegmatite, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA	McHone	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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