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Locality Name:
Whitney Mine (McMackin Mine; McMakin Mine), Gold Hill District, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 16026
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16026.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitney Mine (McMackin Mine; McMakin Mine), Gold Hill District, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°29'55"N
Longitude: 80°22'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.498611111111,-80.367222222222
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumEnargite
EpsomiteGarnetMalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
TalcTetrahedriteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O0188
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O100312
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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