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Locality Name:
Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 351
Youngest recorded age at locality: 345

mindat Locality ID: 14555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 53
Child Localities:
Atlas Tin Shaft
Blue Ridge Mine And Placer
Dixon Creek
Durham Mine
Faires Tin Mine (E. C. Faires Property; Faires Prospect; Atlas Shaft)
Falls Tin Prospect (Falls Property; Mrs. Lizzie Fall's Property; Mrs. Elizabeth Fall's Property)
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine)
Frank Summers Tin Occurrence
J. A. Stewart Manganese Property
J. Patterson Tin Prospect
James S. Parker Manganese Property
Kings Mountain Crushed Rock Quarry
Kings Mountain Lithium Mine
Kings Mountain Mica Mine
Kings Mountain Mine (Blue Ridge Tin Corporation Mine; Mountain Mine)
Kings Mountain Mine (Catawba Mine)
Kings Mountain Tin Mine
Martin Marietta Lithium Quarry
Mike Plonk Prospect (Plonk Prospect)
Moss Kaolin And Mica Mine
Old Ledoux Tin Prospects
Ross Tin Prospect
Unnamed Beryl Occurrence
Unnamed Clay Pit Fl - 032 (MRDS - 10078253)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10078185)
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Fl-153 (MRDS - 10096506)
Unnamed King Mountain Tin Occurrences (MRDS - 10078601)
Unnamed Limestone Prospect Fl-034 (MRDS - 10078183)
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl-035 (MRDS - 10078184)
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl-046 (MRDS - 10105984)
Unnamed Mica Prospect Fl - 058 (MRDS - 10078260)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS - 10127223)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS - 10150743)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS - 10151336)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS - 10199605)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS - 10199710)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS - 10272336)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS - 10272834)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS - 10273020)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS - 10296594)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS - 10297002)
Unnamed Spodumene Prospect And Tin Occurrence (MRDS - 10078609)
Unnamed Tin Float Occurrence Fl-131 (MRDS - 10093766)
Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-139 (MRDS - 10078607)
Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-142 (MRDS - 10096492)
Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-143 (MRDS - 10078608)
Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-144 (MRDS - 10089473)
Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-147 (MRDS - 10089474)
Unnamed Tin Prospect Fl-133 (MRDS - 10078603)
Unnamed Tin Prospect Fl-136 (MRDS - 10078605)
Unnamed Tin Prospect Fl-137 (MRDS - 10078606)
Unnamed Tin Prospect Fl-141 (MRDS - 10089472)
Wells Barite Property

Latitude: 35°12'28"N
Longitude: 81°21'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.207777777778,-81.365
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Te Ti U V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteApophylliteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthurite
AutuniteAxiniteBaryteBerauniteBerylBismutiteCalcioferriteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChildreniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeDiasporeDufrénite
DumortieriteEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumHopeiteHureaulite
JahnsiteKaoliniteKobelliteLaueiteLeucophosphiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeta-autuniteMicaMilarite
MonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNordgauiteNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePhenakitePhosphophyllite
PhosphosideritePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRockbridgeiteRocksaltRoscheriteRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStewartiteStilpnomelaneStrunziteSulphurTalc
TetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineVivianiteWarditeZircon

174 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Aniyunwiyaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bassetite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bermanite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bikitaite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bityite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Brannockite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Calcioferrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Collinsite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cookeite  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Eakerite  (*)Earlshannonite  (*)
Eleonorite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eucryptite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)
Fanfaniite  (*)Ferraioloite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fersmite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Footemineite  (*)Frondelite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Helvine  (*)
Herderite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Holmquistite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)  (*)
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kastningite  (*)Kayrobertsonite  (*)Kingsmountite  (*)
Kobellite  (*)Laueite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Lithiomarsturite  (*)
Lithiophilite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Lithiophosphate  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mangangordonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matulaite  (*)Messelite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metaswitzerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Montebrasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Moraesite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Nizamoffite  (*)Nordgauite  (*)Opal  (*)
Parascholzite  (*)Paravauxite  (*)Parsettensite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Phosphophyllite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pseudolaueite  (*)Purpurite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rittmannite  (*)Robertsite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Roscherite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Santabarbaraite  (*)Scholzite  (*)Schoonerite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Steinmetzite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Swinefordite  (*)Switzerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tetrawickmanite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Uralolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Variscite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Whiteite-(CaMnMg)  (*)Whiteite-(CaMnMn)  (*)Whiteite-(MnFeMg)  (*)Whitmoreite  (*)
Wickmanite  (*)Xanthoxenite  (*)Zabuyelite  (*)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)235134512502763419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3513457250274,250276,250283,250285,250287,250289,2503008803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)335134512502762353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe3513452250276,250285489
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O35134512502761627
Aniyunwiyaite  (*)CalcioferriteCa3Mn2+Fe2+Al4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O35134512502761
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3513452250276,2502859052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O35134512502761272
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)23513451250276260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235134512502855509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)351345125032211547
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10351345125027651
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)3453451250276255
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O3513451250276136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O351345125027655
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)23453451250276606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183453453250272,250276,2502924286
Bikitaite  (*)NoneLiAlSi2O6·H2O35134512502764
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O3513451250276178
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)3513451250285716
Bityite  (*)Mica ClayCaLiAl2(Si2BeAl)O10(OH)2345345125027631
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435134512502765516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113513451250285843
Brannockite  (*)MilariteKSn2(Li3Si12)O3034534512502763
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O3513451250276280
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ancylite(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO3)(OH,H2O)351345125027646
Calcioferrite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgFe3+4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O35134512502769
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3513452250276,25028727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO235134523250270,250271,250272,250274,250275,250276,250277,250279,250286,250290,250291,250296,250311,250312,250313,250314,250315,250316,250317,250318,250319,250320,2503215171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3513451250285925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23513453250272,250276,25028527198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O351345125027693
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O35134512502853531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)835134512502761756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35134512502761025
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O351345125027638
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O63513451250276518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O63513451250276289
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)83513451250276181
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S53513451250276344
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O163513451250276599
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O351345125027660
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O351345125027681
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O635134512502764135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235134512502859895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3513451250276648
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O3513452250272,250276139
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O183513451250272231
Eakerite  (*)NoneCa2Sn4+Al2Si6O18(OH)2·2H2O35134512502762
Earlshannonite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O351345125027612
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O351345125027651
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O3513451250276128
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35134512502768173
Eucryptite  (*)PhenakiteLiAlSiO4351345125027629
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O351345125027672
Fanfaniite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4Mn2+Al4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O35134512502761
Ferraioloite  (*)NoneMgMn2+4(Fe2+0.5Al0.5)4Zn4(PO4)8(OH)4(H2O)2035134512502761
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)3513451250276108
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O6351345125027683
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3513452250276,2502872740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23513452250276,2502859617
Footemineite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O34534512502762
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5351345125027652
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3513452250276,25028524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35134512502877437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3513453250273,250285,25029430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC3513452250276,2502852812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)335134512502761544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35134512502766890
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S3453451250276237
Herderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)F345345125027620
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)3513451250276204
Holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)23513452250272,25027642
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O3513451250276125
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O3513451250276341
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O351345125027685
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH3513451250276367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)3453451250276119
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O351345125027627
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mg2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O351345125027614
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O351345125027618
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435134512502895591
Kastningite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O35134512502768
Kayrobertsonite  (*)NordgauiteMnAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O35134512502762
Kingsmountite  (*)CalcioferriteCa3MnFe2+Al4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O351345125027612
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35351345125028587
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O351345125027670
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O35134512502761271
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O3513451250276110
Lithiomarsturite  (*)RhodoniteLiCaMn2+3Si5O14(OH)35134512502761
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)3513452250272,250276155
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)23513451250276210
Lithiophosphate  (*)NoneLi3(PO4)35134512502767
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43513453250276,250285,25029514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23513452250276,25028512537
Mangangordonite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O35134512502766
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235134512502765674
Matulaite  (*)NoneFe3+Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O351345125027610
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O351345125027643
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O3513451250276388
Metaswitzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O351345125027622
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3513453250274,250276,2502874924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O3453451250276156
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O3513451250276129
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)3513451250276945
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)3513451250276200
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O35134512502761508
Moraesite  (*)NoneBe2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O345345125027635
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)235134525250270,250271,250274,250275,250276,250279,250282,250283,250285,250287,250289,250290,250296,250300,250311,250313,250314,250315,250316,250317,250318,250319,250320,250321,25032217380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3351345125028567
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O35134512502761236
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)3513451250276186
Nizamoffite  (*)HopeiteMn2+Zn2(PO4)2(H2O)435134512502762
Nordgauite  (*)NordgauiteMnAl2(PO4)2(F,OH)2·5.5H2O35134512502764
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O35134512502762994
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O351345125027612
Paravauxite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O351345125027619
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O351345125027643
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)3453451250276326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23513455250276,250281,250297,250298,2502992273
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O351345125027629
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O3513451250276182
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)235134512502761898
Pseudolaueite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O351345125027610
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)351345125027680
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS335134512502851425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23513458250272,250276,250281,250285,250287,250297,250298,25029939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83513452250276,2502859056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235134529250270,250271,250274,250275,250276,250277,250279,250282,250283,250285,250286,250287,250289,250290,250291,250292,250296,250300,250311,250313,250314,250315,250316,250317,250318,250319,250320,250321,25032261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)35134512502761711
Rittmannite  (*)Jahnsite(Mn2+,Ca)Mn2+(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)2(Al,Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O351345125027610
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O351345125027636
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)53513451250276206
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O345345125027622
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23513451250276253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23513453250272,250276,2502855614
Santabarbaraite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O351345125027621
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O351345125027620
Schoonerite  (*)CalcioferriteZnMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2(H2O)7·2H2O351345125027613
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)35134512502762705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35134512502766417
Silver  (*)CopperAg35134512502855186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)335134512502761214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3513453250272,250276,25028521482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O635134522250270,250271,250272,250274,250275,250276,250277,250279,250286,250287,250290,250296,250311,250313,250314,250315,250316,250317,250318,250319,250320,250321688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)3513451250276978
Steinmetzite  (*)NoneZn2Fe3+(PO4)2(OH)·3H2O35134512502762
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O351345125027648
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O3513451250276263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O351345125027698
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35134512502762045
Swinefordite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteCa0.2(Li,Al,Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH,F)2·nH2O35134512502765
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O351345125027621
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)235134512502763337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335134512502855317
Tetrawickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)635134512502768
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O35134512502764899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O35134512502761059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)235134512502762562
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)3513451250276313
Uralolite  (*)NoneCa2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3·5H2O34534512502768
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO235134512502762718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3513451250276890
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O3513451250276301
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O3513451250289652
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O3513452250272,250276636
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O35134512502767
Whiteite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O35134512502762
Whiteite-(MnFeMg)  (*)JahnsiteMn2+Fe2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O35134512502766
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O351345125027636
Wickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)6351345125027624
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O351345125027629
Zabuyelite  (*)NoneLi2(CO3)351345125027611
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)35134512502765251


3 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
Be-00021345345345  high    FootemineiteBe3280Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA Swanson (2012)10.3749/canmin.50.6.1589CM50_1589 
Bradley_2012_149351347349±2U/Pb columbite, tantalite     3280Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAFooteMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Grew_Li_2019_0011345345345      Brannockite 3280Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAFoote Lithium company mine, Kings Mount district, Cleveland County, North Carolina (type)Swanson (2012)10.3749/canmin.50.6.1589CM50_1589 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060128Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060128
R050160Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050160
R070278Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070278
R070410Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070410
R100095Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100095
R050539Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050539
R090005Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R090005
R060621Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060621
R070707Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070707

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