Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cherokee Co., South Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 99712
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99712.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cherokee Co., South Carolina, USA": 188
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 182

Number of Child Localities: 45
Child Localities:
Ashworth Creek Cassiterite Occurrence
Blacksburg Mine (Broad River Mine; Broad River Brick Company; Div. Of Boren Clay Products Company)
Blacksburg Pit No. 247
Blacksburg Quarry
Broad River Mine (Boren Clay Products Company; Div. Of Broad River Brick Company)
Broad River Sericite Mines (Boren Clay Products Company)
Carroll Manganese Mine
Carroll Mine
Cherokee County Pegmatite
Chris Hill Mine & Mill
Cowpens Area
Cowpens Battlefield Bog-Iron Mine
Draytonville Quarry
G. L. Poole Prospect
Gaffney Area
Gaffney Mine (Gaffney Shale Pit)
Grover Shale Mine
Grover Shale Mine (Taylor Mine; Grover Mine)
Hammet Mine
Industrial Minerals Mine
Jefferson Mountain Kyanite Occurrence
Kings Creek District
Kings Mountain District
Kings Mountain Range
M. Carroll Manganese Mine (Carroll Manganese Mine; Antioch Pit)
Martin Mine
Moland-Drysdale Mine (Division Of Moland-Drysdalle Corp; Fletcher Brick Company)
Mt. Ararat Church Occurrence
Mt. Ararat Church Prospect
No. 1 Mine (James Carroll Clearing Company)
Nuckols And Norris Mines (Nott Hill)
Red Clay Pit
Roberts Mine (Roberts Pit; Ashe Manganese Mine)
Ross Creek Cassiterite Occurrence (NW Tributary; Ross Creek Cassiterite Occurrence NW Tributary)
Ross Creek Cassiterite Occurrence (SW Tributary; Ross Creek Cassiterite Occurrence SW Tributary)
Sarratt Creek Cassiterite Occurrence
T. C. Denton Manganese Prospect (Kings Mountain Prospect)
Taylor Mine
Thicketty Creek Cassiterite Occurrence
Troy Blanton Mine
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10081916)
Unnamed Manganiferous Schist Pit (MRDS - 10081912)
Unnamed Manganiferous Schist Pit (MRDS - 10106316)
Vulcan Materials Company South (SE Div. Vulcan Materials Company; Blacksburg Quarry)
Vulcan Materials Grover Marble Quarry (Whisonant Quarry)

Latitude: 35°5'18"N
Longitude: 81°32'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.088333333333,-81.548055555556

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beraunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Wavellite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beraunite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Corundum ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Ottrélite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Staurolite ()*	Strengite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Wavellite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca F Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beraunite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Staurolite Talc
Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Wavellite Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	263882,263892	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	263896	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	17	263833,263839,263842,263848,263892,263893,263894,263896,263898,263899,263900,263901,263902,263917,263921,263926,263983	11547
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	263896	136
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	263896	5516
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	263896	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	263925,263974	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	15	263812,263837,263838,263843,263844,263847,263849,263850,263855,263883,263920,263988,263989,263990,263993	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	263831	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	263831,263832,263892,263896,263922,263925	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	263892	376
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	9	263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263855,263857,263883	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	263831,263999	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	263892	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	263896	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	263831,263839,263892,263896,263974	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	263893	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	263831,263832,263836,263840,263841,263845,263851,263860,263861,263862,263863,263884,263888,263904,263906,263909,263911,263918,263925,263934,263974,263976,263985	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	20	263815,263834,263835,263864,263865,263866,263867,263868,263878,263879,263880,263958,263959,263960,263961,263962,263963,263964,263965,263978	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	38	263823,263824,263825,263869,263870,263871,263872,263873,263874,263875,263876,263877,263892,263896,263923,263924,263935,263936,263937,263938,263939,263940,263941,263942,263943,263944,263945,263946,263947,263948,263950,263951,263952,263953,263954,263955,263956,263957	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	9	263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263855,263883,263925	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	19	263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263855,263864,263869,263870,263871,263872,263873,263874,263875,263876,263877,263883,263890	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	52	263830,263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263852,263853,263855,263881,263883,263892,263908,263910,263913,263914,263916,263922,263923,263924,263925,263935,263936,263937,263938,263939,263940,263941,263942,263943,263944,263945,263946,263947,263948,263950,263951,263952,263953,263954,263955,263956,263957,263966,263967,263968,263969,263970,263971,263972,263991	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	263831,263896	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	44	263833,263835,263837,263838,263843,263844,263848,263849,263850,263855,263857,263882,263883,263892,263896,263898,263899,263900,263901,263902,263931,263932,263935,263936,263937,263938,263939,263940,263941,263942,263943,263944,263945,263946,263947,263948,263950,263951,263952,263953,263954,263955,263957,263994	17380
Ottrélite ()*	Chloritoid	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	19	263935,263936,263937,263938,263939,263941,263942,263943,263944,263945,263946,263947,263948,263951,263952,263953,263954,263955,263957	59
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	14	263815,263834,263878,263879,263880,263958,263959,263960,263961,263962,263963,263964,263965,263978	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	31	263815,263831,263832,263834,263836,263845,263847,263851,263878,263879,263880,263892,263896,263904,263905,263906,263911,263922,263924,263925,263958,263959,263960,263961,263962,263963,263964,263965,263973,263974,263978	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	20	263830,263835,263852,263853,263881,263893,263896,263908,263910,263913,263914,263916,263966,263967,263968,263969,263970,263971,263972,263991	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	263831	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	263831,263847	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	44	263830,263831,263832,263833,263835,263836,263837,263838,263841,263843,263844,263849,263850,263851,263852,263853,263855,263881,263882,263883,263890,263893,263896,263898,263899,263900,263901,263902,263908,263910,263913,263914,263916,263925,263966,263967,263968,263969,263970,263971,263972,263974,263991,263995	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	8	263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263855,263883	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	263896	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	263831	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	18	263830,263835,263852,263853,263881,263908,263910,263913,263914,263916,263966,263967,263968,263969,263970,263971,263972,263991	1214
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	8	263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263855,263883	978
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	263896	263
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	263831	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	263846,263999	2562
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	263896	374
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	8	263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263855,263883	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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