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:
Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 20229
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20229.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA": 81
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 72

Number of Child Localities: 48
Child Localities:
Ames Knob Kyanite Locality
Anderson Mountain District
Bangle Prospect
Baxter East Prospect
Beam Prospect
Bess Mine
Biggerstaff Mine (Deadman Mine)
C. D. Dillinger Prospect
Carl Harrelson Mine
Clubb Mountain Deposit (Reese Mountain - Clubb Mountain Deposit)
D. C. Heavner Mine
David Lackaye Prospect
Dennard Prospect
Denver
Doris Eaker Mine
Ernest Brown Mine
Flay
Frank Baxter Mine
Halderman Mountain Kyanite Locality
Hallman Mine
Hull Mine
Hulls Crossroads
I. K. Wilson Prospect
Indian Creek Deposit
Iron Station
Iron Station Pits
J. B. Peeler Mine
J. G. Leatherman Prospect
J. M. Beam Prospect
Jack Baxter Mine (Tom Baxter Mine)
Kings Mountain District
Lincoln County Pegmatite
Lincoln Mine
Lincolnton
Major W. A. Graham Iron Prospect
McGinnis Brothers Quarry
North Carolina Tin Belt
Pink Leatherman Mine
Plato Houser Mine
Plato Houser No. 2 Mine
Propst Farm
Shidal Prospect
Shull Mine (John Dillinger Mine)
Unnamed Magnetite Occurrence (MRDS - 10093822)
W. A. Thompson Mine (W. T. Foster Mines)
W. L. C. Foster Prospect
Wehunt Prospect
Western Lincoln County

Latitude: 35°28'13"N
Longitude: 81°21'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.470277777778,-81.355555555556

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc
Vivianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Corundum ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diaspore ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diamond Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Lazulite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Sulphur Talc
Vivianite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	251190	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	251193	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	251202,251203,251213,251252	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	8	251221,251222,251223,251224,251227,251228,251229,251230	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	251237	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	251239,251250	1797
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	251193	310
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	0		697
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	2	251193,251238	481
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	251235,251236	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	251193	173
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	251182,251183,251184,251185	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	10	251189,251190,251200,251206,251215,251218,251232,251248,251249,251254	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	7	251180,251193,251205,251237,251238,251250,251254	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	251193,251205	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	10	251182,251183,251184,251185,251193,251225,251226,251242,251253,251259	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	24	251186,251187,251188,251189,251190,251192,251194,251196,251199,251200,251204,251206,251207,251210,251215,251216,251217,251218,251232,251248,251249,251252,251254,251255	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	251193,251237,251254	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	251193	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	36	251180,251187,251188,251190,251192,251193,251199,251200,251205,251206,251207,251209,251210,251213,251215,251218,251221,251222,251223,251224,251227,251228,251229,251230,251232,251235,251236,251237,251238,251247,251248,251249,251250,251252,251254,251259	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	251237	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	251180,251193,251205	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	4	251207,251237,251238,251252	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	8	251221,251222,251223,251224,251227,251228,251229,251230	688
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	1	251193	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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