Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
South Mountain District, Burke Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 102604
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102604.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Mountain District, Burke Co., North Carolina, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bailey Fork Placer
Carolina Queen Mine
Clear Creek Placer
Joel Walker Beryl Prospect
Pilot Mountain Mine

Latitude: 35°38'10"N
Longitude: 81°45'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.636111111111,-81.761666666667

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	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Au Be Cu Fe O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	249750	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	249748	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	249748	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	249747,249748,249749,249751	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	249748	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	249748	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	249748	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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