Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bonanza Mine, Macon Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 101206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-101206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonanza Mine, Macon Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°17'21"N
Longitude: 83°21'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.289166666667,-83.350277777778

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.

Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Garnet	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Rutile	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Zircon

Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Enstatite ()*	Gold ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
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 As Au Cu Fe H Mg O Pt S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Cu Fe H Mg O Pt S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Garnet Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Rutile Sphalerite Staurolite Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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