Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kings Mountain District, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 102619
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102619.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kings Mountain District, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA": 67
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 64

Number of Child Localities: 59
Child Localities:
All Healing Springs Northern Barite Prospect
All Healing Springs Southern Barite Prospect
Allen And Baldwin Tin Prospects
Boyce Foy And Julia Ann Starnes Mn Occurrence
Carpenter And Hastings Tin Mine
Charles Falls Manganese Occurrence
Chimney Barite Place
Cole Farm Tin Occurrence
Costner Ore Bank Iron Mine
Craig Barite Property Northern Workings
Craig Barite Property Southern Workings
Crowder's Mountain
Crowder's Mountain Mine (Caledonia Gold And Copper Mine)
Crowders Mountain Iron Prospect
Crowders Mountain Kyanite Prospects
E. A. Berry Tin Prospect
Ellison Ore Bank Mine
Ferguson Iron Mine
Fulenwider Ore Bank Mine
George Cloninger And Oscar Mason Prospects
Holland Tin Prospect
J. A. Ormond Tin Prospect
J. C. Horton Tin Mine
James Adams Manganese Occurrence
John Plonk Farm Tin Occurrence
Jones Tin Mine
Julia Weathers Tin Occurrence
Kizer-Mauney Tin Occurrence
L. A. Wolff Manganese Occurrence
Lawson Barite Property
M. Ormond Farm Tin Occurrence
M. V. Hovis Tin Prospect
Manganese Outcrop Occurrence
Manganese Schist Outcrop Occurrence
Mauney And Clark Tin Occurrences
Metcalf Tin Prospect
Mountain Ore Bank Mine (Little Devil's Workshop)
Ormond Ore Bank Mine
Ormond-Carr Tin Prospect
Patterson Mine
Pink Wright Tin Occurrence
Ramseur Tin Prospect
Robinson Mine
Seaman Tin Prospect
Shelton Kyanite Property
T. F. Fletcher Manganese Prospect
T. S. Hastings Mine
The Pinnacle Kyanite Prospects
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10078175)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10096459)
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect FL-003 (MRDS - 10089437)
Unnamed Manganese Outcrop (FK-043 Occurrence)
Unnamed Tin Occurrence FK-006 (MRDS - 10078575)
Unnamed Tin Occurrences (MRDS - 10093763)
Unnamed Tin Occurrences FK-012 (MRDS - 10078578)
Walter And Gerard Manganese Mine (Walter And Gerard Pesaur Property)
Whitesides And Kizer Mines
Will Knox Sillimanite Property
Yellow Ridge Ore Bank Mine

Latitude: 35°16'20"N
Longitude: 81°17'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.272222222222,-81.284722222222

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.

Andalusite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Garnet	Lazulite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nagyágite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Strengite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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: Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Garnet Lazulite Lepidocrocite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	0		489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	250672	1310
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11	250609,250610,250616,250617,250618,250621,250622,250623,250642,250643,250644	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	0		214
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	0		483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	250641	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	24	250611,250613,250619,250627,250632,250633,250634,250636,250637,250638,250639,250645,250646,250649,250650,250653,250655,250656,250658,250661,250667,250668,250669,250671	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	250624,250654	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	250672	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	250642,250643,250644	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	9	250616,250617,250618,250621,250622,250623,250642,250643,250644	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	250651	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	250624,250654,250657,250663,250664	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	9	250620,250624,250625,250626,250628,250651,250652,250654,250665	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	250626,250659,250662	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	250672	232
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	250652	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	24	250612,250614,250620,250624,250625,250626,250628,250629,250630,250631,250635,250640,250641,250647,250648,250654,250659,250660,250662,250665,250666,250670,250672,250673	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8	250609,250610,250621,250622,250624,250642,250643,250644	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	0		67
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	250624,250626,250629,250654,250662,250673	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	46	250609,250610,250611,250612,250613,250614,250619,250623,250626,250627,250631,250632,250633,250634,250635,250636,250637,250638,250639,250640,250642,250643,250644,250645,250646,250647,250648,250649,250650,250653,250654,250655,250656,250657,250658,250659,250660,250661,250662,250666,250667,250668,250669,250670,250671,250672	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	250659,250662,250672	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	250672	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	10	250612,250614,250631,250635,250640,250647,250648,250660,250666,250670	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	250621,250622,250623,250642,250643,250644	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	24	250611,250613,250619,250627,250632,250633,250634,250636,250637,250638,250639,250645,250646,250649,250650,250653,250655,250656,250658,250661,250667,250668,250669,250671	688
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	0		263
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	250662,250672	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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