Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 460
Youngest recorded age at locality: 460

mindat Locality ID: 14180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA": 220
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 210

Number of Child Localities: 190
Child Localities:
Aaron Hooper Mine
Abbs Creek Mine
Addie Chromite Prospect (MRDS - 10248633)
Addie Quarry
Aiken Mine
Allison Prospect (J. R. Brinkley Prospect)
American Mine No. 1 (American Land And Development Company's Mine)
American Mine No. 2 (American Land And Development Company's Mine)
American Mine No. 3 (American Land And Development Company's Mine)
Andy Nicholson Mine
Bald Ridge Mine
Balsam Quarry
Beck Prospect
Bettys Creek Mine
Bettys Gap Mine
Bettys Gap Prospect
Big East Fork Mine
Black Mine
Blackjack Mine
Blanton Branch Olivine Mine
Blanton Mine
Bob Ashe Mine
Boot Hill Mine (Powhaton Mining Company)
Bowers Mine
Bryson Mine
Buck Knob Mine
Buckeye Gap Mine
Bud Presley Mine
Bud Williams Mine
Bumgarner Mine
Buzzard Roost Mine (Coward Mountain Mine)
C Mine
C. V. Bryson Mine
Canada Township
Caney Fork Bald Prospect
Casher's Valley
Cashers Valley Placers
Cashie Branch Mine
Cashiers
Cedarcliff Mine
Charles Morgan Mine
Chestnut Gap Chromite Prospect
Choga Mine
Cleve Wilson Mine
Cline Green Mine
Clouse Mine
Coggins Prospect
Cole And Black Property
Collins Mine
Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10199947)
Cowan Prospects
Coward Mine
Cowards Prospect
Cowarts Mine
Cox Mine (Cox-Davies Mine)
Coxe Cove Deposit
Cullowhee
Cullowhee Occurrence
Dave Ridge Mine
Dave Rogers Mine
Davis Mine
Dead Timber Ridge Mine
Deets Mine
Diller Bryson Mine
Dillsboro Quarry
Double Gap Mine
Dr. Nichols Mine
Duke Stephens Mine
Eaglespead Mine
Early Deets Mine
East Laport Mine
EB Mine
Engle Cope Mine
Fairfield Valley Placer (Georgetown)
Fall Branner Mine
Fanny Hensley Prospect
Far Top Field Prospect
Frady Mine
Frank Allison Mine
George Watson Mine
George White Prospect
Glenville-Norton
Gradin Mine
Grave Yard Ridge Mine
Gregory Mine
Gunstocker Prospect
Hall Mine
Halls Station
Hardy Clark Mine
Harris Prospect
Henry Buchanan Mine
Henry Parker Mine
Hogback Creek Mine
Hogback Mine
Hogback Mountain
Hooper Branch Prospect
Hoyle Mine
Island Ford Mine
J. B. Price Mine
J. Radeker Mine
J. S. Prince Mine
James Reece Mine
Jasper Mine
Jeanie Deets Mine
Jerome Parker Mine
Jesse Mine
Joe Mine
John Long No. 1 Mine
John Long No. 2 Mine
John Lovedohol Prospect
Judge Ferguson Mine
Kolb Mine
Laura Allison Mine
Leon E. Hooper Mine
Lewis Queen Mine
Locust Ridge Mine
Long Branch Mine
Lucius Mills Prospect
Mack Presley Mine
Marsden Buchanan Mine
McClure Prospect
Moody Copper Mine
Moody Prospect
Moore Mine
Moss Mine
Murray Mountain Mine
Norton Mine
Old Sheep Mountain Mine
Oscar Ashe Mine
Oscar Queen Mine
Oxner Prospect
Painter Mine
Panther Knob Prospect
Panther Knob Prospects (MRDS - 10223811)
Parker Knob Mine
Parker Prospect
Phillips Prospect (Lovedahl Copper Prospect)
Pine Ridge Mine
Piney Mountain Creek Mine
Pinhook Gap
Pinhook Gap Mine
Pole Buchanan Mine
Potato Cove Mine
Raco Mine
Rhoda Mine (Roda Mine)
Rich Mountain Meteorite
Roarenhole Mine
Rock Mine
Rocky Branch Mine
Rocky Face Prospects
Ross Property
Sally Reed Mine
Sapphire Valley
Savannah Mine
Scott Creek
Sheep Mountain Mine
Shell Branch Mine
Shirley Wilson Mine
Socrates Corundum Mine
Sols Creek Mine
Spence Mine
Stillwell Mine
Sugarloaf Creek Mine
Sugarloaf Mountain Mine
Sugarloaf Mountain Prospect
Sylva
T. R. Toy Mine
Tennessee Creek Mine
Texacole Mine
Thorpe Occurrence
Tilley Mine
Tuckaseigee Occurrence
Tustin Mine
Tyler Woodard Mine
Unnamed Copper-Iron Sulfide Deposit (MRDS - 10272991)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (MRDS - 10296761)
Unnamed Limonite Deposit (MRDS - 10249150)
Unnamed Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10296719)
Upper Sugar Creek Gap Prospect
W. G. Dillard Prospects
Wayhutta Mine (Way-Ye-Hutta Prospect; Waryhut Mine)
Webster-Balsam
Wetmore Mine
Whiterock Creek Prospect
Wilkes Mine
Willets-Ochre Hill-Addite Complex
Wolf Creek Mine
Wolf Creek Pegmatite
Woods Mine
Woods Prospect

Latitude: 35°18'21"N
Longitude: 83°10'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.305833333333,-83.171388888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Brucite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Titanite	Vivianite	Zircon

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 As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Ca Fe H Mn Ni O P S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Autunite Baryte Beryl Bismutite Brucite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Iron Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Staurolite Talc Titanite Vivianite Zircon

83 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*
Annabergite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*
Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*
Böhmite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Népouite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pokrovskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			4	250995,251105,251134,251145	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	251037,251084	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	251031	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	460	460	1	251135	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	460	460	0		272
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	460	460	0		445
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	251149	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			22	250936,250958,250979,250995,251021,251023,251024,251025,251033,251036,251098,251099,251100,251101,251102,251103,251104,251105,251118,251134,251137,251139	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	460	460	4	251137,251138,251142,251145	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	250995,251105	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	460	460	0		1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	250995	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	250995,251134	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	250975,250976	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	250970	716
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)			2	251037,251038	195
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	250995,251029	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	251119	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	250995,251068,251105,251124	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			4	250995,251105,251134,251150	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			9	250971,250992,250995,251029,251066,251105,251116,251134,251150	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	460	460	10	250936,250979,251037,251090,251137,251138,251139,251142,251144,251145	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	251150	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	460	460	4	251037,251119,251138,251142	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	251135,251145	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	251150	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			8	251037,251038,251099,251100,251102,251103,251141,251145	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	250995	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	250995,251134	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	460	460	1	251135	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	251137	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	251145	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	460	460	7	251100,251102,251103,251138,251139,251142,251145	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			5	250939,250995,251105,251134,251153	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	460	460	1	251135	371
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	460	460	2	251106,251135	1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			3	250995,251105,251134	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	251105,251134	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	460	460	1	251135	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	250971	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	460	460	0		1544
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	460	460	1	251135	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	460	460	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	251123	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	251090	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	460	460	5	250936,250992,251089,251095,251135	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	460	460	0		1507
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	460	460	1	251135	359
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	251149	80
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			2	251135,251145	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			3	251099,251100,251145	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			10	250995,251068,251099,251100,251103,251105,251123,251124,251134,251138	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	250995,251105,251134,251150	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂			1	251037	168
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	251090	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	250976,251068,251124	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			97	250934,250938,250943,250944,250947,250950,250952,250955,250957,250959,250961,250962,250963,250964,250966,250968,250972,250976,250977,250978,250980,250981,250983,250986,250989,250992,250995,250997,251000,251001,251002,251004,251008,251009,251011,251015,251016,251017,251018,251026,251027,251028,251030,251034,251035,251037,251040,251042,251043,251046,251048,251049,251050,251051,251052,251054,251055,251056,251057,251058,251060,251062,251063,251067,251068,251069,251071,251072,251073,251075,251078,251081,251082,251084,251086,251087,251088,251089,251093,251095,251096,251105,251107,251108,251112,251113,251114,251122,251124,251126,251127,251132,251133,251136,251148,251151,251152	17380
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	251145	66
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	460	460	0		633
Pokrovskite ()*	Malachite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	250937	9
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			16	250957,250971,250989,250992,250995,251028,251029,251030,251066,251075,251080,251088,251105,251116,251134,251147	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	251145	3106
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	251115	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			21	250950,250957,250989,250995,251011,251029,251039,251046,251052,251055,251060,251065,251066,251068,251080,251084,251088,251105,251116,251124,251134	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			103	250934,250938,250939,250943,250944,250947,250950,250952,250955,250957,250959,250961,250962,250963,250964,250966,250968,250972,250976,250977,250978,250980,250981,250983,250986,250989,250992,250995,250997,251000,251001,251002,251004,251008,251009,251011,251015,251016,251017,251018,251026,251027,251028,251029,251030,251034,251035,251037,251040,251042,251043,251046,251048,251049,251050,251051,251052,251054,251055,251056,251057,251058,251060,251062,251063,251066,251067,251068,251069,251071,251072,251073,251075,251078,251081,251082,251084,251086,251087,251088,251089,251093,251095,251096,251105,251107,251108,251109,251112,251113,251114,251122,251124,251126,251127,251132,251133,251134,251136,251145,251148,251149,251152	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	460	460	0		312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	251037	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			1	250976	353
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	251145	241
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	460	460	0		1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	250995,251029,251105,251134	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	460	460	0		978
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	251090	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	460	460	18	250936,250979,250995,251021,251025,251033,251099,251103,251105,251118,251119,251137,251138,251139,251142,251143,251144,251145	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	250995	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	251149	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			7	250995,251099,251105,251118,251134,251137,251145	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	251090	1044
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	251149	73
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	251084	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	460	460	0		890
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			11	250977,250979,251016,251025,251033,251099,251101,251118,251137,251139,251144	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			3	251068,251084,251124	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	podchrome-01107	460	460	Ordovician										Cr	100984	Dark Ridge Olivine Deposit, Webster-Balsam, Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA	Dark Ridge	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100100	Scott Creek, Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA	https://rruff.info/R100100
X050070	Webster Peridotite Deposit (Webster Chromite Prospects; Webster Deposit), Webster-Balsam, Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA	https://rruff.info/X050070

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