Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 14403
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14403.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA": 126
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 113

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Asbury Mine
Bessemer City
Big Bess Mine (M. S. Bess Mine; M. M. Carpenter Mine)
Bridges Arnold Beryl Prospect
Cansler Mine
Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt
Cherryville
Claude Beam Prospect
Crowders Mountain State Park
E. R. Self Mine (Old Neale Mine)
Froneberger Prospect (Gerard-Pasaur Property)
Gaffney-Kings Mountain District
Gaston County Pegmatite
Gastonia
Gastonia Area-A
Hallman-Beam Mine (FMC-Lithco Mine; Hallman-Bean Mine; Lithium Corporation Of America Mine)
Huffman Bean Mine
Huskins Mine
J. E. Fletcher Mine
Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain District
Knox Sillimanite Deposit
Lincolnton
Little Mountain Mine
Murphy-Houser Spodumene Deposit
North Carolina Tin Belt
Rea-Gaston County Mines
Ryan-Purcley Sillimanite Deposit
S. E. Peeler Prospect
Shuford Mine
Spencer Mountain Occurrence
Stanley
Unnamed Gold Mine And Placer (MRDS - 10111258)

Latitude: 35°17'45"N
Longitude: 81°14'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.295833333333,-81.235277777778

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arrojadite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beraunite	Beryl
Bismutite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Epidote	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Kaolinite
Löllingite	Laueite	Lazulite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rockbridgeite	Rocksalt	Roscherite
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stewartite	Stilpnomelane	Strunzite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Topaz	Tourmaline	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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Te Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arrojadite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beraunite Beryl
Bismutite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Dumortierite Epidote Fairfieldite Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Kaolinite
Löllingite Laueite Lazulite Lepidocrocite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rockbridgeite Rocksalt Roscherite
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stewartite Stilpnomelane Strunzite Sulphur Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Topaz Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

108 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bavenite ()*	Beraunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Collinsite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fairfieldite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Frondelite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Hematite ()*	Herderite ()*	Heterosite ()*	Holmquistite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kastningite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Laueite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Margarite ()*
Matulaite ()*	Messelite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montanite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paravauxite ()*	Parsettensite ()*
Phosphosiderite ()*	Purpurite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*
Roscherite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Strengite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*	Topaz ()*	Triphylite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	250573	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	250572,250573,250575,250580,250602	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	250572,250573	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	250608	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	250672,250676	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	250570,250572,250573,250677	9052
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	250677	143
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	250573	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	12	250585,250609,250610,250616,250617,250618,250621,250622,250623,250642,250643,250644	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	250573	255
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	250573	136
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2	250572,250573	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	7	250572,250573,250575,250576,250580,250583,250604	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	2	250570,250608	214
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	250570	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	250608	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	250573,250608,250641	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	27	250572,250573,250607,250611,250613,250619,250627,250632,250633,250634,250636,250637,250638,250639,250645,250646,250649,250650,250653,250655,250656,250658,250661,250667,250668,250669,250671	5171
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	250573	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	250570	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	250573,250585,250593,250624,250654,250677	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	250573	1756
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	250573	38
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	250573,250602	518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	250585,250676	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	2	250672,250676	481
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Arrojadite	K(NaMn)CaNa₃AlMn₁₃(PO₄)₁₂(OH)₂	1	250573	26
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	250585	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	250573,250608	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	250572,250573	648
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	2	250585,250676	231
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	250573	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	250572,250573	128
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	250642,250643,250644,250694	8173
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	2	250573,250580	72
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	250572,250573,250580	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	250677	9617
Frondelite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Mn²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	250573	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15	250570,250577,250585,250597,250616,250617,250618,250621,250622,250623,250642,250643,250644,250677,250691	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	250651	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	250577,250585,250592,250593,250594,250595,250596,250597,250598,250624,250654,250657,250663,250664,250676,250677,250678,250679,250680,250681,250691	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	12	250585,250620,250624,250625,250626,250628,250651,250652,250654,250665,250676,250682	14640
Herderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)F	1	250573	20
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	1	250573	204
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	250572,250573,250574	42
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	250572	367
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	1	250573	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	250575,250585,250586	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	250584,250586,250604	5591
Kastningite ()*	Stewartite	Mn²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	250573	8
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	7	250572,250585,250599,250626,250659,250662,250676	1507
Laueite ()*	Laueite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	250573	70
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	3	250585,250672,250676	232
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	250652	581
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	3	250585,250602,250676	155
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	250570	762
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	250573,250602	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	27	250585,250586,250612,250614,250620,250624,250625,250626,250628,250629,250630,250631,250635,250640,250641,250647,250648,250654,250659,250660,250662,250665,250666,250670,250672,250673,250676	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	250575	5674
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	2	250585,250676	168
Matulaite ()*	None	Fe³⁺Al₇(PO₄)₄(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈(H₂O)₈·8H₂O	1	250573	10
Messelite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	250573	43
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	250573,250602	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	250572	5800
Montanite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₆·nH₂O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)	1	250570	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	20	250571,250572,250573,250575,250580,250584,250585,250586,250602,250603,250604,250609,250610,250621,250622,250624,250642,250643,250644,250690	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	1	250608	67
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Paravauxite ()*	Laueite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	250573	19
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O	1	250573	43
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	250573	182
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	1	250607	80
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16	250570,250572,250573,250575,250585,250593,250595,250596,250624,250626,250629,250654,250662,250673,250676,250677	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	250608,250682	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	250585,250676	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	250570,250608,250677	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	67	250572,250573,250575,250580,250584,250585,250586,250593,250594,250595,250596,250598,250599,250602,250604,250609,250610,250611,250612,250613,250614,250619,250623,250626,250627,250631,250632,250633,250634,250635,250636,250637,250638,250639,250640,250642,250643,250644,250645,250646,250647,250648,250649,250650,250653,250654,250655,250656,250657,250658,250659,250660,250661,250662,250666,250667,250668,250669,250670,250671,250672,250676,250678,250679,250681,250683,250694	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	250572,250573	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	250585	969
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	250573	206
Roscherite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₅Be₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	250573	22
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	9	250571,250572,250573,250575,250585,250659,250662,250672,250676	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	250573	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	250570	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	250572,250573	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	3	250575,250586,250672	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	250570	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	11	250573,250612,250614,250631,250635,250640,250647,250648,250660,250666,250670	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	250585,250621,250622,250623,250642,250643,250644,250677	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	29	250572,250573,250580,250602,250603,250611,250613,250619,250627,250632,250633,250634,250636,250637,250638,250639,250645,250646,250649,250650,250653,250655,250656,250658,250661,250667,250668,250669,250671	688
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	2	250573,250608	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	250573	98
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	250585,250676	3337
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	250573	99
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	2	250570,250677	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	250608	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	250573	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	250585	1476
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	250580	313
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	250575,250583	2718
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	250572,250573	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5	250573,250575,250586,250662,250672	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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