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Locality Name:
Swain County Copper District (Fontana District), Swain Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 102654
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102654.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swain County Copper District (Fontana District), Swain Co., North Carolina, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Calhoun Prospect
Fontana Mine
Silers Bald Prospect (Calhoun Prospect)
Unnamed Iron - Copper Prospect (Locust Gap Prospect; Calhoun Prospect No. 2; MRDS - 10025757)
Welch Prospect
Westfeldt Prospect (Kolb-Westfeldt; Westerveldt)

Latitude: 35°30'19"N
Longitude: 83°39'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.505277777778,-83.662777777778

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Covellite	Diaspore	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schwertmannite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Covellite Diaspore Malachite
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Titanite Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	252795,252796	3092
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	252796	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	252796	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	252796	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	252796	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	252795,252796,252797,252798,252800	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	252796	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	252796,252798	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	252796	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	252796	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	252799	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	252796,252797	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	252796	7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	252796	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	252796	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	252796	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	252796	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	252796,252798,252800	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	252796,252800	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	252795,252796,252797	61156
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O	1	252796	37
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	252799	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	252796	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	252796	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	252796	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	252796	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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