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Locality Name:
Sapphire Valley, Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 216495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sapphire Valley, Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Asbestos Mine
Bad Creek Prospect
Brockton Mine
Coldsides Mountain Mine
Jennings No. 2 Asbestos Mine (Whitewater Corundum Mine)
Rattlesnake Mine (Rattlesnake Asbestos Prospect)
Round Mountain Mine

Latitude: 35°5'5"N
Longitude: 83°2'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.084722222222,-83.038055555556
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 Fe H Mg O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClayCorundumNonePyroxeneSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalc

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Anthophyllite  (*)Corundum  (*)Enstatite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)27251098,251099,251100,251101,251102,251103,251104718
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O34251099,251100,251102,2511031797
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O63251100,251102,251103944
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2251099,2511001487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43251099,251100,25110314899
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22251099,2511033337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212510992562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O2251099,251101652


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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