Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Richmond Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 102646
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102646.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Richmond Co., North Carolina, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Drowning Creek Deposit
Ellerbe
Hoffman Sand Pit
Norman
Rockingham Quarry
Treece Quarry

Latitude: 35°2'48"N
Longitude: 79°40'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.046666666667,-79.681944444444

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.

Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Spinel
Titanite	Zircon

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 C Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H K Na O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Pyrophyllite Quartz Spinel
Titanite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	252484	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	252482	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	252485	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	252482	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	252485	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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