Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chatham County Copper Belt, Chatham Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 102610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chatham County Copper Belt, Chatham Co., North Carolina, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bear Creek Mine (Bear Creek Copper Prospect)
Cassana Kid Prospect
Gilmore-Hart Prospect
Graham Prospect
Phillips Mine (Robert Phillips Prospect; Millright Mine)
Sloan Mine

Latitude: 35°35'53"N
Longitude: 79°23'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.598055555556,-79.384722222222

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	249969	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	249969,249973,249974	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	249972,249974	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	249969,249972,249973,249974	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	249969,249972,249973,249974	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	249969,249973,249974	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	249971,249973,249974	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	249969,249971,249973,249974	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	249969,249972,249973,249974	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	249969,249970,249971,249972,249973,249974	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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