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Locality Name:
Burnsville, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 380
Youngest recorded age at locality: 374

mindat Locality ID: 14178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burnsville, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Celo Mountain Mine
Sampson Mt.

Latitude: 35°57'0"N
Longitude: 82°26'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.95,-82.433333333333

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 Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGarnetNoneNot in a structural groupSpinelTalc

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Talc  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312531082353
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21253111718
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)23803740295
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33803742253110,2531111797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)38037412531108173
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412531081507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43803742253110,25311114899
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23803742253110,2531113337
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)38037412531101025



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_074380374377±3U/Pb zircon   Zircon  11772Hayes Mine (Egypt Mine), Sampson Mt., Burnsville, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA[Burnsville Fault]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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