Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Burnsville, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 380
Youngest recorded age at locality: 374

mindat Locality ID: 14178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burnsville, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Celo Mountain Mine
Sampson Mt.

Latitude: 35°57'0"N
Longitude: 82°26'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.95,-82.433333333333

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Spinel	Talc

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 Fe H Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Garnet None Not in a structural group Spinel Talc

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Talc ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	253108	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	253111	718
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	380	374	0		295
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	380	374	2	253110,253111	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	380	374	1	253110	8173
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	253108	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	380	374	2	253110,253111	14899
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	380	374	2	253110,253111	3337
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	380	374	1	253110	1025

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_074	380	374	377±3	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			11772	Hayes Mine (Egypt Mine), Sampson Mt., Burnsville, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA	[Burnsville Fault]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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