Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 102606
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102606.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Charlotte Belt, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Barrier Mine
Coates Diggings Occurrence
Lee Roi Morrison Mine
Morrison Mine (Lee Roi Morrison Mine)
Pioneer Mills Mine
Propst Mine (Nash; Heglar)
Quaker City Mine
Roger Mine
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10089679)

Latitude: 35°20'6"N
Longitude: 80°31'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.335,-80.518333333333

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

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 S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Garnet Mica Molybdenite None
Pyrite Quartz 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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	249783	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	249782,249784	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	249783	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	249784	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	249782	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	249777,249780,249782,249783,249784,249786	27198
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	249781	345
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	249777,249778,249780,249782,249784,249785	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	249783	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	249782,249783	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	249781	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249778	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	249783	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	249777,249780,249782,249783,249784	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	249777,249778,249780,249782,249783,249784,249785,249786	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	249780,249784	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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