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Locality Name:
Carteret Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 216467
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216467.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carteret Co., North Carolina, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Beaufort
Morehead Occurrence

Latitude: 34°42'51"N
Longitude: 76°43'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.714166666667,-76.727777777778
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenolampriteCalciteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparMarcasite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSpinelZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Abhurite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Herzenbergite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Hydroromarchite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romarchite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Abhurite  (*)Not in a structural groupSn2+21O6(OH)14Cl160012498887
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212498883419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12498881036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12498883250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612498882060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12498882600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12498882970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12498888173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124988824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12498887437
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS124988835
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)21249888201
Hydroromarchite  (*)NoneSn2+3O2(OH)212498886
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124988814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212498885674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124988839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Romarchite  (*)NoneSnO124988813
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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