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Locality Name:
Cranberry Magnetite District, Avery Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 102596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cranberry Magnetite District, Avery Co., North Carolina, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Cooper Magnetite Mine
Cranberry Mine
Ellers And Hardigraves Elk Park Magnetite Mines
Firmstone Magnetite Prospect
Lee Johnson Prospects (Vale Prospects)
Smoky No. 1 Magnetite Mine
Smoky No. 2 Magnetite Mine

Latitude: 36°8'27"N
Longitude: 81°29'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.140833333333,-81.486666666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMicaNickeline
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneTitanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212493073419
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612493072060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3249307,249309,24931227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124930727198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12493071025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)6249306,249307,249308,249309,249310,2493128173
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61249307741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124930714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312493075433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O47249306,249307,249308,249309,249310,249311,24931214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12493074924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124930717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12493072349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124930739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812493079056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23249307,249309,24931261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124930721482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1249307456
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12493074899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212493072562


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