Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Shelby, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 18144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shelby, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Beverly Foster Farm
British Monazite Mine
Cliff Blanton Mine
Frank And John Hicks Farm
Old Plantation Mine (Tarper Mine)
Plantation Emerald Mine (Old Plantation Mine; Tarper Mine)

Latitude: 35°17'53"N
Longitude: 81°34'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.298055555556,-81.578888888889

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.

Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel

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 Be C Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile
Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Beryl ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	250399	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	250399	4286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	250396	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	250396	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	250397,250399	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	250394,250396,250397,250399	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	250399	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	250396	1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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