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


mindat Locality ID: 216462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Democrat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Goldsmith Mine
Unnamed Sample Locality Occurrence (Part Of Democrat Olivine Body Dunite; MRDS - 10026473)

Latitude: 35°46'46"N
Longitude: 82°30'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.779444444444,-82.505555555556
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 Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneOlivineQuartzSerpentineSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelTalc

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Forsterite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Spinel  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12495828803
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42249582,2495833902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41249582951
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)2249582,2495831188
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124958214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12495824924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124958217380
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)30341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22249582,24958361156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412495821934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22249582,2495833337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212495822562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O2249582,249583652


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