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Locality Name:
Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 102663
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102663.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA": 111
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 100

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area
Burnsville
C. W. Allen Prospect (Cane River Mine)
Cane River Mine
Celo
Crabtree Creek
South Toe River

Latitude: 35°51'48"N
Longitude: 82°10'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.863333333333,-82.180555555556

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Schoepite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Tapiolite	Tourmaline	Wölsendorfite	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 B Be C Ca Ce Cr Cs Cu F Fe H Hf K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Autunite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Schoepite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Tapiolite Tourmaline Wölsendorfite Zircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Autunite ()*
Becquerelite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Clarkeite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Corundum ()*	Elbaite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Fourmarierite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hafnon ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pollucite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wölsendorfite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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	1	253239	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	7	253239,253268,253282,253286,253287,253289,253317	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	6	253239,253246,253286,253287,253289,253290	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	253240	718
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	4	253239,253286,253289,253317	1272
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	1	253286	92
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	6	253236,253239,253267,253290,253317,253342	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	253286,253294	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	253289	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	253239	321
Clarkeite ()*	None	Na(UO₂)O(OH)·nH₂O	2	253286,253317	18
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	253239,253286,253317	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	253239	518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	253254	1797
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	253239	520
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	253289	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	13	253239,253246,253255,253256,253260,253263,253268,253272,253278,253286,253290,253294,253304	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	253317	414
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	253239	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	4	253239,253253,253288,253289	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	253239	9617
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O	1	253286	61
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	253253,253332	2812
Hafnon ()*	Zircon	Hf(SiO₄)	1	253239	11
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	253285	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	253246,253332	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	12	253239,253264,253265,253269,253276,253285,253293,253296,253306,253307,253313,253343	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	253286	198
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	4	253239,253253,253328,253332	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	253236,253239,253246,253287	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	253239	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	253239,253253	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	91	253236,253239,253243,253246,253247,253248,253249,253250,253251,253252,253253,253255,253256,253257,253258,253259,253260,253261,253262,253263,253264,253265,253266,253267,253268,253269,253270,253271,253272,253273,253274,253275,253276,253277,253278,253279,253280,253281,253284,253286,253287,253289,253290,253293,253294,253295,253296,253297,253298,253299,253300,253301,253302,253303,253304,253305,253306,253307,253308,253309,253310,253311,253312,253313,253314,253316,253317,253318,253319,253320,253321,253322,253323,253325,253327,253328,253329,253330,253331,253332,253333,253334,253335,253336,253337,253338,253339,253340,253341,253342,253343	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4	253239,253286,253317,253325	2994
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	253239	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	253239,253289,253295,253314	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	253340	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	86	253236,253239,253243,253246,253247,253249,253250,253251,253252,253255,253256,253257,253258,253259,253260,253261,253262,253263,253264,253265,253266,253267,253268,253269,253270,253271,253272,253273,253274,253275,253276,253277,253278,253279,253280,253281,253284,253286,253287,253289,253290,253293,253294,253295,253296,253297,253298,253299,253300,253301,253302,253303,253304,253305,253306,253307,253308,253309,253311,253312,253313,253314,253316,253318,253319,253320,253321,253322,253323,253327,253328,253329,253330,253331,253332,253333,253334,253335,253336,253337,253338,253339,253340,253341,253342,253343	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	253239	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	3	253292,253298,253317	353
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	253236,253239	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	253317	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	253239,253289	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	253239	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	253289	3337
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	253239	99
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	253239	88
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	3	253239,253286,253317	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	253239,253289	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	253286,253317	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	3	253286,253317,253321	890
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	1	253315	52
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	13	253246,253247,253249,253256,253262,253266,253278,253290,253293,253295,253316,253329,253330	652
Wölsendorfite ()*	Wölsendorfite	Pb₇(UO₂)₁₄O₁₉(OH)₄·12H₂O	1	253286	43
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	253239,253286,253317	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	12	253236,253256,253268,253272,253280,253288,253298,253304,253314,253316,253317,253321	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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