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Locality Name:
McKinney Mine (Power Mill Creek Mine), Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 4047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McKinney Mine (Power Mill Creek Mine), Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°55'0"N
Longitude: 82°4'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.916666666667,-82.066666666667
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 B Be C Ca Cd Ce Cu Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Cd Ce Cu Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteAxiniteBerylChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumCovellite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMicaMonaziteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTitaniteWurtziteZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clarkeite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vandendriesscheite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)36736508803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O36736501272
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2367365088
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1836736504286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS436736505516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2367365027198
Clarkeite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)O(OH)·nH2O367365018
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)36736501025
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O63673650518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O63673650289
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS36736504165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)36736508173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O63673650414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO43673650196
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS367365024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3673650717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3367365014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2367365012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)36736504924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)3673650945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2367365017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O36736502994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2367365039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S836736509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2367365061156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O83673650353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)36736504894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS367365021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O36736504899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O36736501059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO236736502718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3673650890
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O367365052
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)36736505251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)36736501025


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_164367365366±1U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  49771McHone Mine Pegmatite, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USAMcHoneMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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