Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 102603
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102603.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Causby Quarry
Hunting Creek Tributary Placer
Morganton Quarry (Vulcan Materials Co. Quarry)
Pax Hill Mine
Puette Mine
Scott Hill Mine (Miller Gold Mine)
Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence HI-012 (MRDS - 10079272)
Unnamed Gneiss Quarry GI-022 (MRDS - 10106098)
Unnamed Gold Placer (MRDS - 10089503)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10078663)

Latitude: 35°48'52"N
Longitude: 81°41'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.814444444444,-81.691666666667

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	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Au B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Copper Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	249722	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	249722	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	249722	27770
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	249725	1382
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	249722	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	249726	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	249723,249725,249729	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	249721,249723,249724,249725,249728	30554
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	249729	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249722	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	249723,249725,249729	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	249722,249723,249725	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	249725	312
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	249722	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	249722	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	249725	5186
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	249722	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	249725	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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