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Locality Name:
Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 216486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bessemer City

Latitude: 35°20'9"N
Longitude: 81°14'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.335833333333,-81.247777777778
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 Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylClayFairfielditeFeldsparMicaNoneOlivinePyroxeneQuartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Spodumene  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12505808803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812505804286
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O125058072
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12505802740
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125058017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125058061156
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61250580688
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)1250580313


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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