Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 216506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216506.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Capps Hill Mine
Clear Creek Quarry
Mallard Creek Quarry

Latitude: 35°17'0"N
Longitude: 80°44'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.283333333333,-80.737777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	251680	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	251680	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	251680	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	251680	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	251680	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	251680	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	251680	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	251680	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	251680	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	251680	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	251680	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	251680	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	251680	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	251680	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	251680	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	251680	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	251680	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	251680	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	251680	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	251680	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	251680	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	251680	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	251680	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	251680	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	251680	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	251680	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	251680	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	251680	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	251680	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	251680	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	251680	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	251680	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	251680	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	251680	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	251680	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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