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Locality Name:
Mathis Quarries, Antioch Community, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 469
Youngest recorded age at locality: 451

mindat Locality ID: 216063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mathis Quarries, Antioch Community, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°8'55"N
Longitude: 81°1'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.148611111111,-81.023333333333

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.

Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite
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 Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica None Quartz Spinel Titanite
Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	469	451	8803
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	469	451	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	469	451	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	469	451	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	469	451	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	469	451	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	469	451	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	469	451	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	469	451	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	469	451	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	USGS-Rb-Sr-04292	469	451	460±9	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion		whole rock							216063	Mathis Quarries, Antioch Community, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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