Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Great Smoky Mountains, Swain Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 125974
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125974.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great Smoky Mountains, Swain Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alum	Chloritoid	Clay	Garnet	Halotrichite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Staurolite

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 Fe H K Mn N Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K Mn N Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Chloritoid Clay Garnet Halotrichite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Staurolite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Alum-(Na) ()*	Alunogen ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Niter ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*
Staurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(Na) ()*	Alum	NaAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	12
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	272
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	376
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	181
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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