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Locality Name:
Macon Co., North Carolina, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 14401
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14401.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macon Co., North Carolina, USA": 240
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 226

Number of Child Localities: 212
Child Localities:
A Mine
A. J. Evans Mine
A. J. Moore Mine
Adams Place Prospect
Alarka
Allman Cove Mine
Amanda Martin Mine
Ammons Branch Placer (Horse Cove)
Anderson Mine (Reid Mine)
Annie Laurie Mine
Arnold Mine
Arnold Ruby Mine
Arrowood Mine
Asbestos Prospect (MRDS - 10127345)
Ash Flat Mine
B. C. Munday Prospect (McGuire Mine; Little Panther Knob Prospect; Sullins Prospect; Brush Creek Prospect)
Bailey Mine
Baird No. 5 Mine
Baird No.1 Mine
Baird No.2 Mine
Battle Creek Prospects
Bearpen Gap Mine
Beasley No. 1 Mine
Beasley No. 2 Mine
Berry Mine
Blaine Mine
Board Tree Cove Mine
Bonanza Mine
Borrows Cut Mine
Brawley Mine
Bryson Branch Mine
Bud Mincey Mine
Bud Roper Mine
Buoy No. 1 Mine
Buoy No. 2 Mine
Buoy No. 3 Mine
Burd Mine
Burke John Mine
Burr Knob Mine
Buttermilk Mine
Caler Creek Ruby Mine
Camp Branch Mine
Campbell Mine
Carl Parrish Mine
Carpenter Mine
Carroll Gibson Mine
Carroll Knob Complex
Chalk Hill Mine
Charles Mincey Prospect
Charley Ledford Mine
Cherokee Mine
Clouse Prospect
Clyde Downes Mine
Commissioner Creek Prospect
Corbin Knob Mine
Corundum Hill Chromite Prospect
Cow Ridge Mine (Hall Mine)
Cowee Ruby Mine
Cowee Valley
Cullowhee Gap
Dale And Demkos Mine
Dalton Mine
Deerlick Knob Mine
Dills Mine
Dobson Mine
Doc Lyle Mine
Doc Sanders Mine
Dr. Lucas Mine
Elmore Mine
Ernest Roper Mine
Fox Mine
Frank Dills Mine
Fred Taylor Prospect
Gibsons Ruby Mine
Gregory Ruby Mine
Gum Gap Mine
Gurney Clay Mine
Hal Zachary Mine
Hall Mine (Hall-Burra Mine)
Harris Mine
Haskett Mine
Heavy Mineral Placer
Henry Ammons Mine
Henry Mine
Henry Tallent Mine
Higdon Mine
Highlands
Holbrook Ruby Mine
Horn-Blaine Mine
Houston Rose Creek Mine
Hubert West Mine
Iotla-Bowers Mine
Iotla-Bradley Mine
Iva Crisp Mine
Jack Knob Mine
Jake Henry Mine
Jim Moore Mine
John Burleson Mine
John Cunningham Mine
John Henry Mine
John Russell Mine
Jones Mine
Jud Wildes Mine
K's Garnet Mine
Kilpatrick Occurrence
Kinsland Mine
Kiser Mine
Kyle
Ledford Cove Mine
Lee Mason Mine
Lenoir Mine
Lester Crawford Mine
Lin Cove Mine
Lissie Ray Mine
Little Spring Mine
Littlefield Mine
Locust Tree Mine
Long Mine
Lyle Cut Mine (Evans Mine)
Lyle Knob Mine
Mack Mine
Mallonee Mine
Mason Branch Mine
Mason Mountain
Masons Branch (Mason Branch; Mason Mountain Rhodolite Mine)
May Mine
McCartney Olivine Mine
McCook Rhodolite Mine
McGee Mine
McGuire Mine
Mel Angel Mine
Merit Dills Mine
Mill Knob Mine
Miller Mine
Mincey Mine
Molybdenite Occurrence (MRDS - 10025081)
Moody Mine
Moss Knob Mine
Mt. Hope Church Mine
Mudhole Mine
Murphy Marble Belt
National Olivine No. 9 Mine
NW Thorn Mountain Mine
Olivine Deposit (MRDS - 10126709)
Otto
Otto Prospect (Little Coweetah Prospect; Sheenah Prospect)
Parker Quarry
Passmore Mine
Patton Prospect
Pendergrass Mine
Peterman Mine
Pine Grove School Prospect
Pine Knob Mine
Poll Miller Mine
Presley Prospects
Quizzenberry Mine
R. T. Bryson Mine
Raby Mine
Raven Cliff Mine
Ray Cove Mine
Rickman Clay Mine
Ridge Mine
Roaring Fork Mine
Rockhound Haven Mine
Rocky Face Mine
Rose Creek Mine
Rough Fork Mine
S. C. Leatherman Mine
Salem School Prospect
Sealy
Sellers Mine
Shamiami Mine
Sheep Knob Mine
Sheffield Corundum Mine
Shepherd Knob Mine
Shotgun Mine
Shuler Ruby Mine
Siphon Hole Mine
Slagle Mine
Stamey Mine
Stanfield Prospects
SW Thorn Mountain Mine
Swanson Mine
T. B. Shepard Prospect
Tathams Creek
Tessentee Creek
Thad Patton Mine
Thorn Mountain
Tibbet's Mine
Tom Ray Mine
Tom Scott Mine
Tremount Mountain
Tubb Quarry & Mill
Turkey Knob Mine
Turkey Nest Mine
Unnamed Kyanite Deposit (MRDS - 10272604)
Unnamed Vermiculite Prospect (MRDS - 10272745)
Upper Raby Mine
Vance Jennings Mine
Verdell Mine
Waldrop-Burch-Dills Prospect
Watauga Creek Prospect
Wayah Bald Mine (Tower Mine)
Welch Mine
West's Mine
Will Higdon Mine
Willis Mine
Winding Stair Mine
Windy Gap Mine
Winecoff Mine
Yukon Ruby Mine
Zoom Mine

Latitude: 35°12'18"N
Longitude: 83°23'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.205,-83.391944444444
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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb Pt S Si Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pt Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmorphousAmphiboleBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorrensiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetKaoliniteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
SerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStilpnomelaneTalcTitaniteTopazTourmaline
TridymiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZippeiteZircon

92 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)
Edenite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)
Ferrosilite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gedrite  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)
Hydrobiotite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesiohögbomite-2N3S  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Margarite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Népouite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Parsettensite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Platinum  (*)Preiswerkite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)22251328,2514313419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O612513341022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12251293,251309,251328,251334,251360,251402,251428,251431,251456,251468,251471,2514778803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1251402706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)37251293,251332,251334,251409,251430,251460,2514712353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212513343092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)4251293,251309,251334,2514711036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)29251316,251328,251331,251334,251338,251367,251408,251431,251436718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44604601251323708
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)21251328295
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62251332,2514312060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)125143111547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O185251399,251413,251428,251468,2514774286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2251334,25143127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210251278,251290,251334,251407,251428,251431,251460,251468,251477,25149127198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O44604607251309,251318,251323,251328,251338,251407,2514713902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44604602251323,251328951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82251326,2513281756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2251334,2514311025
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O184251290,251320,251408,2514091008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O332251267,251274,251290,251303,251313,251320,251321,251325,251326,251328,251329,251330,251331,251332,251333,251337,251339,251342,251355,251356,251371,251385,251406,251408,251409,251412,251419,251451,251460,251463,251494,2515001797
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21251334327
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1251328481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O64251309,251334,251431,2514714135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)4604600648
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)21251471160
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O66251290,251328,251334,251408,251409,251419944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2251415,2514318173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)4604601251322371
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21251332271
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6125133484
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)46046012513221188
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O43251320,251407,251431445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS125143124243
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21251407178
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31251430504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12514307437
Gold  (*)CopperAu4251270,251290,251408,25140930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2251407,2514602812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312513341544
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4125132952
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O62251296,251392741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3125133414640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41251334407
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O1251431144
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O2251328,25133249
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O38251290,251309,251321,251334,251363,251388,251407,2514715433
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O61251334154
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42251376,2514075591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411251290,251321,251332,251334,251339,251363,251391,251407,251409,251485,2514941507
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)22251309,25147180
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)22251309,251471238
Magnesiohögbomite-2N3S  (*)None(Mg,Fe,Zn,Ti)4(Al,Fe)10O19(OH)12513304
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12513161487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411251309,251316,251328,251330,251334,251388,251402,251407,251431,251444,25147114899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)22251328,251332168
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2251431,2514564924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23251341,251420,2514815800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2100251262,251263,251264,251268,251271,251272,251275,251277,251279,251280,251281,251282,251285,251286,251287,251288,251291,251292,251293,251295,251308,251315,251319,251332,251334,251339,251344,251345,251346,251347,251348,251349,251350,251352,251354,251357,251359,251360,251361,251364,251372,251375,251376,251378,251380,251383,251386,251390,251392,251393,251394,251396,251397,251399,251402,251403,251404,251410,251415,251417,251418,251421,251422,251424,251428,251431,251433,251434,251438,251439,251441,251443,251444,251445,251446,251448,251450,251452,251453,251456,251459,251462,251465,251466,251468,251469,251471,251475,251477,251483,251484,251487,251492,251493,251495,251496,251497,251498,251499,25150117380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1251309884
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)4125132866
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12513282994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4251293,251309,251360,2514712349
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O460460043
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812513341512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt4604600485
Preiswerkite  (*)MicaNaAlMg2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2125132814
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215251268,251275,251278,251290,251319,251334,251350,251403,251407,251409,251428,251431,251468,251477,25149139462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)314251267,251290,251303,251321,251334,251339,251342,251356,251371,251408,251409,251412,251419,251449341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812251290,251296,251392,251407,251428,251431,251439,251450,251460,251468,251477,2514919056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2103251262,251263,251264,251268,251271,251272,251275,251277,251279,251280,251281,251282,251285,251286,251287,251288,251291,251292,251295,251308,251315,251319,251328,251332,251333,251334,251339,251344,251345,251346,251347,251348,251349,251352,251354,251357,251359,251360,251361,251364,251369,251370,251372,251375,251376,251378,251380,251383,251386,251390,251392,251393,251394,251396,251397,251399,251402,251403,251404,251407,251410,251415,251417,251418,251421,251422,251424,251431,251433,251434,251438,251439,251441,251443,251444,251445,251446,251448,251450,251452,251453,251459,251462,251465,251466,251469,251471,251473,251474,251475,251477,251481,251483,251484,251487,251492,251493,251495,251496,251497,251498,251499,25150161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)46046001711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O104604600312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO29251290,251321,251328,251334,251339,251363,251408,251409,2514715614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO56251290,251328,251332,251334,251339,2514071516
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs23251290,251408,251409337
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33251334,251428,2514681214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4251278,251290,251407,25143121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O45251328,251330,251332,251407,2514781934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)4251290,251328,251334,251407978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)24604606251316,251323,251328,251426,251431,2514363337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2251334,2514714899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212513331476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)24251316,251328,251339,2514312562
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)23251309,251334,25147173
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1251477890
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O46046010251265,251311,251323,251328,251337,251338,251407,251437,251454,251486652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1046046001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312513341247
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)42251367,251477175
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)5251290,251334,251407,251408,2514785251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)46046001025


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-01108460460Ordovician       Cr101237Deposit Number Nine (McGuire Or Maguire Vermiculite Property; Deposit No. 9; Ellijay Chromite Prospect; Higdon Asbestos Mine), Ellijay District, Cowee Valley, Macon Co., North Carolina, USAEllijayMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 

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