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Locality Name:
Mason Mountain, Macon Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 159531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mason Mountain, Macon Co., North Carolina, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ned Wilson Branch

Latitude: 35°16'8"N
Longitude: 83°21'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.268888888889,-83.363888888889
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 C Cr Cu Fe H Mg O Pt S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cr Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumGarnetKaoliniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anthophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Gedrite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21251408718
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812514081008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312514081797
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61251408944
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O40445
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20178
Gold  (*)CopperAu125140830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31251408341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212514085614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21251408337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)0978
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12514085251


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