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Locality Name:
Catawba Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 21080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catawba Co., North Carolina, USA": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Abernathy Long Cut Mine
Abernathy Water Mine
Anderson Mountain District
Bessie Hudson Mine
Bowman Mine
Catawba Quarry
Catawba-Iron Station-Newton Occurrence
Clay-Shale Pit (MRDS - 10099890)
County Home Prospect
Drum Mine
Drums Crossroads
George Bartlett Mine
George P. Young Mine
Hefner Mine
Hickory
Hop Creek Rutile Occurrence
Jonas Prospect
Killian Mine
Mackie Tract Mine
Maiden
Moose Mine
Newton
Ormond Mine
Peach Tree Mine
Sigmon Mine
Smithwick Prospect
Speagle Prospect
Tallant Prospect
Terry Mine
Wike Prospect
Williams Mine
Withers Prospect
Wyant Prospect

Latitude: 35°39'22"N
Longitude: 81°14'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.656111111111,-81.249722222222

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 Au B Be C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P S Si Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteApophylliteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHeulanditeKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNatrolite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StauroliteTalcTitaniteTourmaline

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Alunogen  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Asbolane  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Halloysite-7Å  (*)Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212499043419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312499372353
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212499373092
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O1249950143
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1249937161
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O187249917,249918,249922,249923,249928,249953,2499574286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3249915,249935,24993727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22249917,24993727198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2249935,2499378173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12499372740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212499379617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2249915,24995130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12499252812
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4124994552
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310249905,249907,249908,249910,249911,249912,249913,249914,249916,24993614640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O1249937246
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O124993785
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1249937367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33249937,249939,2499415433
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O124993799
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411249902,249903,249923,249926,249929,249947,249952,249955,249956,249957,2499595591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2249935,2499371271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412249905,249906,249907,249908,249909,249911,249912,249913,249914,249915,249916,24993714899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1249937425
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12499374924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212499375800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217249902,249903,249923,249926,249927,249937,249939,249942,249947,249952,249954,249955,249956,249957,249958,249959,24996017380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212499371898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124993739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812499379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216249903,249915,249918,249922,249923,249926,249928,249935,249937,249939,249942,249947,249952,249953,249955,24995761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22249937,2499415614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12499372705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12499376417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512499551516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124993721482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)5249918,249922,249923,249928,249953978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22249925,2499493337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12499374899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562



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