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Locality Name:
Watauga Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1206
Youngest recorded age at locality: 230

mindat Locality ID: 102660
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102660.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Watauga Co., North Carolina, USA": 58
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 53
Child Localities:
Arney Foster Mine
Arthur Welch Mine
Bamboo Quarry (New River Quarry; Bamboo Road Quarry)
Banner Elk Quarry
Blue Ridge Parkway
Boone Quarry
Buckeye Creek Prospect
Buckeye Knob Area
Burnt Ridge Prospect
Church Prospects
Clawson Prospects
Cling Daniels Mine
Cookes Gap
Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10273629)
Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10297999)
Doe Ridge Mine
Dugger Mine
Elk Creek Quarry
Elk Knob Mine
Elk Stone Pit
Flannery Mine
Giles Quarry (Wilson Quarry)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10273134)
Green Prospect
Greene Prospect
Hardy Prospect
Hodges Gap Quarry
Horton Prospect
Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10126642)
Linney Mine
Linney Prospect
Little Chestnut Creek
Locke Green Mine
Long Branch Prospect
Luther Mine
Meat Camp
Meat Camp Creek Prospect
Mica Springs Prospect
O. M. Hampton Stone Quarry
Quartzite Quarry (MRDS - 10248630)
Stout Prospect
Susie Prospect
Sutherland Mine And Prospect
Todd Prospect
Tugman Prospect
Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10102378)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10026410)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS-10096981)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS-10096981)
Water Hole Prospect
Woodring Prospect
Yates Prospect
Zionville

Latitude: 36°13'15"N
Longitude: 81°42'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.220833333333,-81.7025

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	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Tschermakite ()*	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 As Au Ba Be C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Titanite Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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	252963,252982	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			4	252952,252973,252993,252994	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	252963	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1081.57	999.57	2	252976,253000	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1206	230	0		718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	252957	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	252963	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	252963	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			4	252943,252950,252984,252997	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	252963	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	252963	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	252982	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	252982	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	252982	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	252950	3846
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1206	230	0		327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	252963	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1081.57	999.57	1	253000	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1081.57	999.57	4	252948,252963,252982,253000	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1206	230	0		9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	252963	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	252950,252965	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	252963,252967	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			5	252952,252957,252973,252993,252994	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1081.57	999.57	1	253000	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	252953,252972,252989,252996	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1206	230	0		1507
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1081.57	999.57	1	253000	80
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1206	230	0		238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			7	252952,252957,252963,252973,252976,252993,252994	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	252963	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	252963	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			19	252943,252953,252955,252960,252961,252963,252968,252970,252972,252974,252975,252976,252984,252987,252989,252990,252991,252996,252997	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1081.57	999.57	1	253000	229
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1081.57	999.57	1	253000	313
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1081.57	999.57	2	252963,253000	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	252950	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	252963	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1081.57	999.57	18	252943,252960,252961,252963,252968,252970,252972,252974,252975,252982,252984,252987,252989,252990,252991,252996,252997,253000	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1081.57	999.57	1	253000	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	252950	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	252963	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1206	230	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1081.57	999.57	1	253000	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	252982	2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1206	230	0		73
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1081.57	999.57	1	253000	5251

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-06051	1206	1148	1177±29	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	102366	Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10102378), Watauga Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06052	1206	1148	1177±29	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	102366	Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10102378), Watauga Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06053	230	230	23	Rb-Sr		whole rock	102366	Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10102378), Watauga Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02333	1081.57	999.57	1040.57±41	Rb-Sr		whole rock	222070	Zionville, Watauga Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02335	1081.57	999.57	1040.57±41	Rb-Sr		whole rock	222070	Zionville, Watauga Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02336	1081.57	999.57	1040.57±41	Rb-Sr		whole rock	222070	Zionville, Watauga Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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