Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carolina Slate Belt, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 102605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carolina Slate Belt, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Allman Prospect
Barnhardt Mine And Placer
Buffalo Mine
Crayton Mine
Ellsworth And Crosby Mines (Cabarrus)
Eva Furr Mine (Silver Valley Mine; Midas; Allen Furr Mine)
Gerhard German Prospect
Newell Mine (Dixie Queen Mine)
Nugget Placer (Biggers)
Reed Placer (Reid)
Rocky River Mine (Jake Shin; Tom Shin; Rocky River Gold-Silver-Lead Mine)
Tucker Mine (California Mine)

Latitude: 35°19'10"N
Longitude: 80°28'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.319444444444,-80.469444444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	249774,249775	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	249765,249769	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	249765,249766,249767,249772,249774,249775	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	249769	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	249763,249764,249765,249766,249767,249769,249772,249774,249775	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	249763,249767,249770,249772	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	12	249762,249763,249764,249765,249766,249767,249768,249770,249771,249772,249774,249775	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	249772,249775	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	249769	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	249766,249769	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	249769	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	249766,249769,249772	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	249764,249765,249767,249769,249770,249772,249774,249775	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	249762,249763,249765,249766,249767,249768,249769,249770,249772,249774,249775	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	249767	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	249764,249767,249772	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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