Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 18040
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18040.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Adams Hiddenite And Emerald Mine (Alexander Prospect; Abernathy Prospect; Hiddenite Mine; Warren Mine; Turner Mine)
Alexander Meteorite
Benfield Prospect
Blankenship Prospect
Dagenhart Mine
Drums Farm
Ellendale School Sillimanite Deposit
Ellis Mine
Frye Hiddenite No. 1 Prospect
Gwaltney Prospects
Hammer Prospects
Hiddenite
Mattlock Prospect
O. F. Patterson Mine
Payne Prospect
Stony Point
Taylorsville

Latitude: 35°52'43"N
Longitude: 81°9'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.878611111111,-81.151111111111

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	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chabazite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Neptunite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	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 B Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Nb O P Si Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chabazite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Diaspore Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Iron Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Neptunite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

70 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eucryptite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Holmquistite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Neptunite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	249084,249093	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	249093,249102	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	249084,249093	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	249084	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	249093	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	0		1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	12	249073,249077,249080,249082,249086,249089,249093,249095,249098,249099,249100,249101	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	249093,249100	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	249073,249101	5171
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	2	249073,249093	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	249093	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	249093	1756
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	0		518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	249093	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	249073,249093,249100	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	249084	231
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	249084	520
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	249084	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Eucryptite ()*	Phenakite	LiAlSiO₄	1	249084	29
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	1	249093	84
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	249093	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	249093	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	249080,249093	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	249093	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	249093	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	249073	14640
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	249100	144
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	249084,249100	42
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	249074	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	249093	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	249079	1507
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	249078	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	249073,249084	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	249093	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	5	249073,249080,249084,249093,249102	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	15	249073,249075,249076,249077,249080,249082,249083,249086,249093,249095,249097,249098,249099,249100,249101	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	249084	1236
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	1	249084	49
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	249084	471
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	0		492
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	249084	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	249093	767
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	0		428
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249084	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	249073,249093,249101	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	249093	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	249073,249075,249077,249080,249082,249083,249084,249085,249086,249087,249089,249091,249092,249093,249095,249096,249098,249099,249100,249101,249103	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	10	249073,249080,249083,249086,249089,249092,249093,249100,249101,249102	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	5	249077,249080,249084,249086,249093	2705
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	249074	374
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	0		1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	249073,249084,249093	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	249079,249084	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	249084	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	249093	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	10	249073,249080,249084,249089,249090,249092,249093,249096,249100,249101	688
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	249074	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	249093	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	3	249080,249093,249102	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	249084,249093	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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