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Locality Name:
Carolina Slate Belt, Montgomery Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 102639
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102639.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carolina Slate Belt, Montgomery Co., North Carolina, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Black Ankle Mine
Henderson Mine
Sedberry Mine
Star Mine (Reynolds Mine)

Latitude: 35°24'11"N
Longitude: 79°53'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.403055555556,-79.885277777778
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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumIronMalachiteMeloniteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Altaite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Iron  (*)
Krennerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212521803419
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1252182489
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212521805509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412521825516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21252182361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125218227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2252180,2521825707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22252180,25218227198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1252182169
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1252182345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS125218024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3252179,252181,25218230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3125218214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1252182804
Iron  (*)IronFe12521821089
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe81252182111
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4125218214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2125218012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212521825800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125218217380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21252182409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23252179,252180,25218239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812521809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24252179,252180,252181,25218261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2252180,25218221482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41252182337


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