Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pisgah National Forest, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 14181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pisgah National Forest, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Meeper Mine

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.

Apatite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Löllingite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Tourmaline	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 B Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na O P Si Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Clay Feldspar Garnet Löllingite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Tourmaline Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	249635	8803
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	249635	2740
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	249635	1507
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	0		762
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	249635	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249635	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	249635	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	249635	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	249635	1214
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	249635	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	249635	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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