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Locality Name:
Crabtree Creek, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 367
Youngest recorded age at locality: 365

mindat Locality ID: 102633
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102633.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crabtree Creek, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Barnes Mine
Bearden Mine (Bear Rock; Murphy Falls Mine)
Bon Ami Mine
Carolina Mineral Company No. 29 Mine
Carolina Mineral Company No. 3 Mine
Carolina Mineral Company No. 6 Mine
Crabtree No. 1 Mine (Wildcat Mine)
Field Mine
George Young Mine
Glenn Mine
Gopher Mine
Hall And Boone Mine
Harlin Mine (Harlan Mine)
Horace Phillips Prospect
Murphy Rock Mine
Phillips Mine
Self Mine (Waycaster Mine)
Silvers Ridge Mine
Wood Cox Mine

Latitude: 35°51'52"N
Longitude: 82°8'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.864444444444,-82.146388888889
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si U Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMicaNone
PyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Epidote  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3673652252024,2520298803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O36736512520291272
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3673652252024,2520258173
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)236736519252022,252023,252024,252025,252026,252027,252028,252029,252030,252031,252032,252033,252034,252035,252036,252037,252038,252039,25204017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3673652252024,2520312994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2367365125203139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO236736517252022,252023,252024,252025,252026,252028,252029,252030,252031,252032,252033,252034,252035,252036,252038,252039,25204061156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O83673651252029353
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS367365125203121482
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O36736512520291059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO236736512520292718
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O3673651252027652
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3673657252023,252025,252027,252030,252031,252033,2520391025


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_164367365366±1U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  49771McHone Mine Pegmatite, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USAMcHoneMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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