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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

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 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: 
ApatiteClayFeldsparGarnetLöllingiteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
TourmalineZircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12496358803
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12496352740
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412496351507
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1249635945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124963517380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124963561156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12496352705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312496351214
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1249635939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12496355251



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