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Locality Name:
Gold Hill District, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 216470
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216470.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Hill District, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dan Hopkins Diggings (Hopkins No. 2)
Gold Hill Mine
Hopkins Diggings
Troutman Mine (Trautman Mine)
Whitney Mine (McMackin Mine; McMakin Mine)

Latitude: 35°28'31"N
Longitude: 80°23'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.475277777778,-80.398055555556
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteGarnetMalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteTalcTetrahedriteWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12498042793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124980411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412498025516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124980427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12498044979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2249802,2498045707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23249800,249802,24980427198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212498049895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41249804910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12498028173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121249804663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2249803,24980424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4249800,249801,249802,24980430554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O1249804188
Graphite  (*)NoneC12498042812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312498041544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124980414640
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12498041487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124980412537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22249803,24980417380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31249804733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24249800,249802,249803,24980439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212498043106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2249803,2498041725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24249800,249802,249803,24980461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12498041711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101249804312
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12498006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg12498045186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2249803,24980421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212498043337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312498041803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312498045317


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