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Locality Name:
Micaville, Celo, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23218
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23218.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Micaville, Celo, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Fanny Gouge Mine (Spruce Pine Mica Company No. 10 Mine)
Frogeye Mine
Old Charles Mine
Presnell Mine (Young's Mine)
Spec Mine (Speck Mine)
Ted McGee Mine
Webb Quarry

Latitude: 35°54'42"N
Longitude: 82°12'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.911666666667,-82.2025
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 Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si U Y Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAutuniteBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMicaNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSchoepite
Smectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalcWölsendorfiteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clarkeite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fourmarierite  (*)Halloysite-7Å  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kasolite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Spessartine  (*)Talc  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Wölsendorfite  (*)
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)3253286,253287,2532898803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)34253286,253287,253289,2532902353
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2253286,2532891272
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O125328692
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812532904286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125328627770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412532893902
Clarkeite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)O(OH)·nH2O125328618
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12532861025
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61253289944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2253286,2532908173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2253288,2532892740
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O125328661
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4052
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1253286198
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12532874924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24253286,253287,253289,25329017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12532862994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125328939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24253286,253287,253289,25329061156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81253292353
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312532891214
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212532893337
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12532861059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212532892562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212532862718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1253286890
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1253290652
Wölsendorfite  (*)WölsendorfitePb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O125328643
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12532865251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12532881025


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