Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 102645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carolina Slate Belt, Randolph Co., North Carolina, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Allred Mine (Overton; Randolph Mine; Burns; Aldred)
Copple; Spencer And Ruth Gold Placer No. 2
Gluyas Mine
Goliham Mine (Smith)
Gray Mine
Griffin Mine
Jones And Laughlin Prospect
Jones-Keystone Mine
Kindley Prospect
McAllister Prospect (Conroy; Davis Hill Mine; Davis Mountain; Dorr's Hill)
Merrill Prospect
New Sawyer Mine (Powell; Ross)
Newby Mine (Newberry Mine)
Parish Mine
Pilot Mountain No. 2 Occurrence
Pilot Mountain No.1 Occurrence
Porter Mine (Pilot Mountain No. 1 Mine Carpenter; 1976; Johnson Mine)
Pritchard Mine (Pritchett Mine)
Redding Mine
Rush Mine
Sawyer Mine
Scarlett Mine (Scarlet Mine)
Southern Homestake Mine (Cameron Mountain Mine)
Spoon Mine (Pee Dee Mine)
Stafford Mine
Talbert And Hill Prospect
Uharie Mine (Uwharrie Mine)

Latitude: 35°41'28"N
Longitude: 79°53'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.691111111111,-79.885

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	252443,252451	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	252430,252439	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	252430,252438,252439,252454,252456	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	252451	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	252430,252436,252438,252439,252442,252448,252451,252454	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	252439	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	252451	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	252438	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	252430,252432,252438,252439,252451,252452	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	252450,252451	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	252430,252446,252450	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	252430,252432,252433,252434,252435,252437,252438,252439,252440,252441,252443,252444,252446,252447,252448,252449,252450,252452,252453,252454,252455	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	12	252430,252432,252434,252438,252439,252441,252443,252444,252446,252448,252450,252455	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	252448	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	252435,252441,252444,252446,252453,252455	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	252432,252434,252439,252441,252442,252448,252455,252456	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	252451	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	21	252430,252432,252433,252435,252437,252438,252439,252440,252441,252443,252444,252446,252448,252449,252450,252451,252452,252453,252454,252455,252456	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	252454	1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	252448	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	252441,252444,252456	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	252430,252432,252433,252434,252435,252436,252437,252438,252439,252440,252441,252442,252443,252444,252446,252448,252449,252450,252451,252452,252453,252454,252456	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	252432,252437,252450	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	252452,252454,252456	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	22	252430,252432,252433,252435,252436,252437,252438,252439,252440,252441,252442,252443,252444,252446,252448,252449,252450,252451,252452,252453,252454,252456	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	252450,252451	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	252443	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	252443	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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