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Locality Name:
Canton-Democrat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 460
Youngest recorded age at locality: 460

mindat Locality ID: 216460
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216460.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canton-Democrat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Democrat Olivine Deposit (Democrat Chromite Prospect; T Mine; Democrat Chromite Placer Deposit; ITS; Ivy River-Democrat Chromite Deposit)
Newfound Gap Olivine Deposit

Latitude: 35°40'51"N
Longitude: 82°38'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.680833333333,-82.634166666667

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	Corundum	None	Olivine	Spinel	Talc

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 Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum None Olivine Spinel Talc

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Corundum ()*	Forsterite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	460	460	2	249569,249570	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	460	460	1	249569	1797
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	460	460	2	249569,249570	1188
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	460	460	1	249569	3337

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
	podchrome-01099	460	460	Ordovician										Cr	100109	Democrat Olivine Deposit (Democrat Chromite Prospect; T Mine; Democrat Chromite Placer Deposit; ITS; Ivy River-Democrat Chromite Deposit), Canton-Democrat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA	Democrat	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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