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Locality Name:
Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 355
Youngest recorded age at locality: 355

mindat Locality ID: 14400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Bell Branch
Belts Bridge Corundum Occurrence
Elmwood Quarry
Fox's Orchard Sillimanite Deposit
Harmony
Iredall County Mine (Statesville - Iredall County Mine)
Iredell County Mine
Lake Norman
Love Valley
Marlow Prospect
McLelland Prospect
Mooresville Quarry
Mount Pisgah
Plyler Chromite Prospect
Sapphire Quarry
Statesville
Sterling Hill
Stewart Prospect
Unnamed Granite Quarry (MRDS - 10080623)
W. A. Campbell Prospect
Wade Pharr Prospect
Wade Sloan Prospect
Wooten Prospect

Latitude: 35°48'56"N
Longitude: 80°48'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.815555555556,-80.808888888889
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 Au Be C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeFeldspar
GarnetKaoliniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalcTitaniteZircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Alunogen  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Corundum  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Margarite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)235535503419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12509198803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312509292353
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O3553550272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812509294286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125091927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212509245171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125091927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43553552250914,2509213902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812509161756
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32250899,2509171797
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12509167437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2250898,25092330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC35535502812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)21250922223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3355355014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O335535505433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412509185591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO42250901,2509191507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O35535501271
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23553550762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4125092114899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235535505674
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)21250899168
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)35535504924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)27250898,250910,250911,250925,250929,250930,25093117380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12509162349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125091939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211250902,250908,250909,250913,250916,250918,250919,250920,250923,250925,25092961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22250909,2509255614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O35535501153
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52250901,2509291516
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)235535503337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12509194899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212509162562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1250917652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2250916,2509265251


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
podchrome-01109355355Paleozoic?       Cr100911Plyler Chromite Prospect, Iredell Co., North Carolina, USAPlylerMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 

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