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Locality Name:
Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 107623
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107623.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cline Mine (Cruse Mine)
Faggart Mine
Gibb Mine (Orchard Gold Mine)
Harkey Mine
Silver Shaft Mine

Latitude: 35°23'23"N
Longitude: 80°28'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.389722222222,-80.48
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Bi Hg Pb Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetradymite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2249816,24982027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23249816,249819,24982027198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe0169
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124982024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3249817,249818,24981930554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124982012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212498195674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124982017380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24249816,249817,249819,24982039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24249816,249817,249818,24982061156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4064
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12498164894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12498166417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124982021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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