Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Crowders Mountain State Park, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 127336
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127336.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crowders Mountain State Park, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°13'56"N
Longitude: 81°16'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.232222222222,-81.276388888889

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Dumortierite	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Topaz

Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dickite ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Lazulite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Au B Ba Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au B Ba Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Dumortierite Kaolinite Lazulite Mica None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Topaz

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	231
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	232
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	155
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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