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Locality Name:
Halifax Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 102623
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102623.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Halifax Co., North Carolina, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Aurelian Springs
Boy Scout Occurrence (Moss-Richardson; Jones; Dryden)
Clay Pit (MRDS - 10248666)
Gaston Ore Beds
H & H Mine (House)
Ita Mine
Medoc Mountain State Park
Nick Arrington Mine
R. A. Ellis Prospect
Rhyolite Dikes
Roanoke Rapids

Latitude: 36°17'1"N
Longitude: 77°50'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.283611111111,-77.838888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
MicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61250785919
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412507855516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2250785,25078927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23250782,250785,25078927198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12507858173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212507829617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS125078524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2250785,25078830554
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21250790209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3125078414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32250781,2507915433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4125078414899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23250782,250787,2507895800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23250782,250787,25078917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24250782,250785,250787,25078939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212507853106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24250782,250785,250787,25078961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22250781,2507915614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1250790598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS125078521482
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO41250790120
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2250781,2507915251


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