Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lee Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 102626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lee Co., North Carolina, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
3rd Street Pit
Colon Mine
Lemon Springs Quarry
Moncure
Sanford
Sanford Brick Mine
Sanford Mine-LC (Sanford Mine)

Latitude: 35°31'18"N
Longitude: 79°9'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.521666666667,-79.154444444444

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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	251173	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	251173	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	251171	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	251173	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	251171,251173	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	251173	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	251173	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	251173	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	251173	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	251173	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	251173	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	251171	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	251173	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	251171	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	251173	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	251175	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	251173	14640
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	251171	234
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	251173	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	251173	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	251173	17380
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	251173	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	251173	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	251173	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	251171,251173	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	251173	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	251173	21482
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	0		652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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