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


mindat Locality ID: 102656
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102656.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carolina Slate Belt, Union Co., North Carolina, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Black Mine
Brightlight Mine (Crowell Mine)
Brown Hill Mine (Harkness Mine)
Crump Mine
East Hill Mine
Ezell Mine
Grady Rogers Mine
Henry Phifer Mine
Long Mine
Mint Hill (Mint Hill Gold Mine)
Moore Mine
Nesbitt Mine
Phifer Mine (Price Gold Mine)
Secrest Mine

Latitude: 35°3'36"N
Longitude: 80°39'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.06,-80.653611111111
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 K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61252863966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512528631310
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212528505509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5252850,252853,252858,252861,25286227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS29252850,252853,252855,252856,252858,252861,252862,252864,25286527198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS9252850,252851,252855,252856,252858,252861,252862,252864,25286524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu10252850,252851,252852,252853,252854,252857,252861,252862,252863,25286430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32252857,25286214640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23252850,252861,25286212537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)28252850,252851,252853,252854,252862,252863,252864,25286517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211252850,252851,252852,252853,252854,252855,252856,252857,252858,252861,25286339462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21252863771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212252850,252851,252852,252853,252854,252855,252857,252858,252861,252863,252864,25286561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2252850,2528586417
Silver  (*)CopperAg12528515186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5252858,252859,252861,252862,25286421482


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