Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Asheboro, Randolph Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 216513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Asheboro, Randolph Co., North Carolina, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Asheboro And Jones Mine (County Home)
Baldwin Place Farm
Hoover Hill Mine
Iron Hill
Lowdermilk Prospect (McAdoo Mine)
McGrew Mine (House Mine)
Winningham Prospect

Latitude: 35°41'23"N
Longitude: 79°49'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.689722222222,-79.823611111111

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.

Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Melonite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Melonite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	252420	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	252419	361
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	252420	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	252417,252419,252420	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	252419,252422	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	252417,252419,252424	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	252420	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	252417,252419,252420,252422,252424	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	252419,252420,252422	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	252419	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	252420	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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