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Locality Name:
Crabtree Creek, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 102662
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102662.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crabtree Creek, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Buckeye Mine
Carolina Mineral Company No. 20 Mine (Old 20 Mine)
Cox Knob Mine
Eagle Bluff Mine
Fairview Spar Mine
James Mine
Josh Young Mine
Laurel Branch Mine
Seven Mile Ridge

Latitude: 35°51'43"N
Longitude: 82°9'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.861944444444,-82.162222222222
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 Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Pb U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
MicaNoneQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Clarkeite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)
Siderite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vandendriesscheite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)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)12533178803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12533171272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812533174286
Clarkeite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)O(OH)·nH2O125331718
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12533171025
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61253317414
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)29253316,253317,253318,253319,253320,253321,253322,253323,25332517380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2253317,2533252994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27253316,253318,253319,253320,253321,253322,25332361156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81253317353
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12533176417
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12533171059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212533172718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2253317,253321890
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O052
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1253316652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12533175251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3253316,253317,2533211025


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