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Locality Name:
Hickory, Catawba Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 21079
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21079.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hickory, Catawba Co., North Carolina, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Ad. Morgan Limonite Workings
Champion Avenue Limonite Occurrence
Daniel Lutz And John Rockett Limonite Occurrence
Dr. Ford Limonite Prospect
Hale Limonite Workings
Hickory Quarry
Hickory Railroad Cut Hematite Occurrence
Martin Marietta Quarry (11th Avenue Quarry)
Piedmont Wagon Company Mine
Tate Boulevard Industrial Park
Thomas Ritchie Limonite Occurrence

Latitude: 35°41'2"N
Longitude: 81°19'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.683888888889,-81.332777777778
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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteApophylliteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetHeulanditeKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnite
PyriteQuartzRhodoniteRutileSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteTourmaline

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Ankerite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312499372353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212499373092
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1249937161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2249935,24993727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124993727198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2249935,2499378173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12499372740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212499379617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124993614640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O1249937246
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O124993785
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1249937367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32249937,2499395433
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O124993799
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2249935,2499371271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124993714899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1249937425
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12499374924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212499375800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22249937,24993917380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212499371898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124993739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812499379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23249935,249937,24993961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212499375614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12499372705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12499376417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124993721482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12499374899


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