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Locality Name:
Flat Rock Mine (Flat Rock Pegmatite), Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 11179
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11179.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flat Rock Mine (Flat Rock Pegmatite), Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°56'38"N
Longitude: 82°6'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.943888888889,-82.104166666667

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: Al Be Ca Fe H K Na O P Pb Si U V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Fe H K Na O P Pb Si U V Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteBerylClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMicaNonePhosphuranylite
WölsendorfiteZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Beryl  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Clarkeite  (*)Epidote  (*)Kasolite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Phosphuranylite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Wölsendorfite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O092
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O01184
Clarkeite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)O(OH)·nH2O018
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O0198
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O0182
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Wölsendorfite  (*)WölsendorfitePb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O043
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025



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