Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fairfield Co., South Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 561.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 549.3

mindat Locality ID: 99718
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99718.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fairfield Co., South Carolina, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Anderson Quarry (Winnsboro Granite Corporation Quarry)
Belton Prospect
Blair Quarry (Lone Star Industries Inc.; Cement And Construction Materials Group)
Hobbs Quarry
Jaynes Prospect
Job 126 Quarry
Johnson Quarry
Leiper-Davis Quarry
Lloyd Prospect
McKeown Pink Quarry
McMeekin Mine
Mitford Quarry
Monticello Quarry
PP/2K OR I-77 Prospect
Richtex Mine (Red Pit)
Ridgeway Mine
Rion
Unnamed Dimension Stone (MRDS - 10080530)
Unnamed Dimension Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10080527)
Unnamed Dimension Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10080531)
Unnamed Dimension Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10089795)

Latitude: 34°18'45"N
Longitude: 81°8'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.3125,-81.147777777778

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coffinite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Te Th Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Th Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite
Titanite Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	561.2	549.3	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	561.2	549.3	0		8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	561.2	549.3	0		2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	561.2	549.3	0		1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	561.2	549.3	1	264093	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	561.2	549.3	1	264093	544
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	561.2	549.3	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	561.2	549.3	0		27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	561.2	549.3	0		1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	561.2	549.3	0		566
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	561.2	549.3	0		8173
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	561.2	549.3	0		57
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	561.2	549.3	0		54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	561.2	549.3	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	561.2	549.3	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	561.2	549.3	1	264093	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	561.2	549.3	5	264079,264082,264086,264091,264093	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	561.2	549.3	0		14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	561.2	549.3	1	264093	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	561.2	549.3	0		5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	561.2	549.3	0		1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	561.2	549.3	0		1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	561.2	549.3	0		5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	561.2	549.3	1	264093	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	561.2	549.3	0		17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	561.2	549.3	0		2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	561.2	549.3	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	561.2	549.3	1	264093	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	561.2	549.3	0		244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	561.2	549.3	1	264093	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	561.2	549.3	1	264093	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	561.2	549.3	0		5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	561.2	549.3	0		1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	561.2	549.3	1	264093	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	561.2	549.3	1	264093	1803
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	561.2	549.3	0		1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	561.2	549.3	0		4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	561.2	549.3	0		2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	561.2	549.3	0		5251

2 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
	Giersdorf_00000236	561.2	554.6	557.9±3.3	Re-Os	The Re-Os ages for the Ridgeway and Haile mine molybdenites indicate that disseminated Au-Mo mineralization coincided with extension-related, Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian felsic magmatism in a rifted arc system characterized by fault-bounded basins.			RWS-1				Molybdenite		25716	Ridgeway Mine, Fairfield Co., South Carolina, USA	Ridgeway Mine	Stein et al. (1997)		MDRE_313
	Giersdorf_00000237	554.5	549.3	551.9±2.6	Re-Os	The Re-Os ages for the Ridgeway and Haile mine molybdenites indicate that disseminated Au-Mo mineralization coincided with extension-related, Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian felsic magmatism in a rifted arc system characterized by fault-bounded basins.			RW-SP-2				Molybdenite		25716	Ridgeway Mine, Fairfield Co., South Carolina, USA	Ridgeway Mine	Stein et al. (1997)		MDRE_313

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