Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lancaster Co., South Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 590.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 544.8

mindat Locality ID: 14538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lancaster Co., South Carolina, USA": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 40
Child Localities:
Belk Mine
Blackmon Mine (Hegler)
Brassington Mine
Brothers Belk
Carolina Mahogany No. 1 (Comolli Granite Quarry No. 1)
Clyburn Mines (Gay Mines)
Congaree Quarry
Coral Grey Quarry
Excelsior Granite Quarry
Ezell's Mine (Izell Mine)
Faile Mine
Funderbunk Mine
Gold Hill Mine (Nisbet Mine)
Hagin Mine
Hill Top Pit
Hilltop Mine
Howey Mine
Ingram Mine
Johnson Mine (Strand Mine)
Joseph Clark Estate Mine
Kershaw
Kershaw Mine (Kernshaw Strip Mine; Minerals Mining Corp.)
Knight Prospect
Liberty Hill Deposit
Massey's Mine
Miller Mine
Old Shale Pit
Old Sumter Granite Quarry
Phiffer Prospect
Redding Placer
Shale Pit Number 2
Sistore Gravel Pit
Stevens Mine
Stroud Prospect
Taxehaw Granite Quarry (Forty-Acre Rock)
Unidentified Clay Pit (MRDS - 10080459)
Unidentified Clay Pit (MRDS - 10089768)
Van Wyck Mine (Sericite Pit No. 1; Sericite Pit No. 2; Ashe Brick Company; Lancaster County Mines; Van Wyck Mines; Yoder And Howey Mines; Shale Pit No. 1)
Yoder No. 1 (Yoder No. 2)
Yoder No. 2 (Robert Yoder)

Latitude: 34°42'54"N
Longitude: 80°40'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.715,-80.670555555556

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Talc
Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coffinite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Margarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Uraninite ()*	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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Si Th Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Talc
Titanite Topaz Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	590.2	544.8	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	590.2	544.8	0		8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	590.2	544.8	0		1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	590.2	544.8	1	264224	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	590.2	544.8	1	264224	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	590.2	544.8	1	264224	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	590.2	544.8	1	264224	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	590.2	544.8	1	264224	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	590.2	544.8	0		1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	590.2	544.8	0		566
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	590.2	544.8	1	264224	8173
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	590.2	544.8	0		57
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	590.2	544.8	0		54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	590.2	544.8	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	590.2	544.8	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	590.2	544.8	1	264224	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	590.2	544.8	18	264203,264204,264205,264206,264212,264214,264215,264216,264220,264221,264222,264224,264226,264228,264232,264233,264236,264237	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	590.2	544.8	1	264224	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	590.2	544.8	1	264224	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	590.2	544.8	4	264204,264217,264224,264240	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	590.2	544.8	1	264224	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	590.2	544.8	0		1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	590.2	544.8	1	264224	5674
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	590.2	544.8	1	264224	168
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	590.2	544.8	1	264224	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	590.2	544.8	3	264204,264218,264224	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	590.2	544.8	0		2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	590.2	544.8	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	590.2	544.8	2	264204,264224	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	590.2	544.8	0		244
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	590.2	544.8	0		771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	590.2	544.8	1	264224	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	590.2	544.8	3	264204,264224,264227	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	590.2	544.8	1	264224	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	590.2	544.8	0		1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	590.2	544.8	1	264224	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	590.2	544.8	1	264224	3337
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	590.2	544.8	0		1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	590.2	544.8	0		4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	590.2	544.8	1	264224	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	590.2	544.8	0		2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	590.2	544.8	0		5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000238	562.8	544.8	553.8±9.0	Re-Os	The Re-Os ages for the Ridgeway and Haile mine molybdenites indicate that disseminated Au-Mo mineralization coincided with extension-related, Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian felsic magmatism in a rifted arc system characterized by fault-bounded basins.			HMMO-3				Molybdenite		11715	Hale's Mine (Haile Gold Mine), Kershaw, Lancaster Co., South Carolina, USA	Haile Mine	Stein et al. (1997)		MDRE_313
	Giersdorf_00000239	590.2	583	586.6±3.6	Re-Os	The Re-Os ages for the Ridgeway and Haile mine molybdenites indicate that disseminated Au-Mo mineralization coincided with extension-related, Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian felsic magmatism in a rifted arc system characterized by fault-bounded basins.			HMMO-3				Molybdenite		11715	Hale's Mine (Haile Gold Mine), Kershaw, Lancaster Co., South Carolina, USA	Haile Mine	Stein et al. (1997)		MDRE_313

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