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Locality Name:
Kings Creek Mine, Kings Creek District, Cherokee Co., South Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 72756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kings Creek Mine, Kings Creek District, Cherokee Co., South Carolina, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
East Pit
North Pit
South Pit
West Pit

Latitude: 35°3'48"N
Longitude: 81°25'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.063333333333,-81.429722222222
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBerauniteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteMalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelTourmaline
Wavellite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Strengite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61263896919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3263893,263894,26389611547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1263896136
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412638965516
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1263896280
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126389627198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)20376
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212638969617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126389624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12638937437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3126389614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2126389612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126389617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126389639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22263893,2638963106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22263893,26389661156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12638962705
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1263896263
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1263896374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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