Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alamance Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 102592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alamance Co., North Carolina, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Allen Prospect
Braxton Prospect
Burlington Quarry
Burlington/Hanford Mine (Hanford Mine)
Carolina Slate Belt
Clay Pit (MRDS - 10074524)
Haw River
Hawfield Mine
Ivey Prospect
Major Hill Prospect
Mebane Oaks Mine
Quarry (MRDS - 10074523)
Sericite Pits (MRDS - 10099355)
Shale Pit (MRDS - 10127031)
Snow Camp
South Snow Camp Prospect
Woods Mine

Latitude: 35°57'42"N
Longitude: 79°22'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.961666666667,-79.378333333333

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	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Sulphur	Talc	Topaz	Wavellite

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Copper ()*	Diaspore ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Strengite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Topaz ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Kaolinite Lazulite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Sulphur Talc Topaz Wavellite

38 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
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	249069	1310
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	249056	919
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	249056	5516
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	249069	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	249056	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	249056	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	249069	376
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	249069	481
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	249060,249069	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	249056	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	249069	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	249051,249057	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	249069	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	249069	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	249069	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	249069	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	249056	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	249056,249062,249063,249066,249069	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249069	247
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	249055,249060,249066,249069	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5	249062,249063,249069,249070,249071	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	249056	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	249056,249057,249062,249063,249069	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	249056	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	249056	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	249060	189
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	249069	263
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	249066	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249063	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	249069	1476
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	249069	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	249069	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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