Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North Carolina Phosphate District, Beaufort Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 102599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Carolina Phosphate District, Beaufort Co., North Carolina, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aurora
Canvas Creek Mine (North Carolina Phosphate Corp.)
Edward
NL Industries Prospect
Pungo River Deposit

Latitude: 35°20'56"N
Longitude: 76°45'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.348888888889,-76.754722222222

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	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 C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Clay Corundum Fluorite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	249523	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	249523	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	249523,249525,249528	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	249523	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	249523,249525,249528	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	249523	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	249523	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	3	249523,249525,249528	1487
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	249523,249525,249528	1508
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	249523,249525,249528	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	249523	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	249523	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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