Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lick Ridge, Bakersville, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 222101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lick Ridge, Bakersville, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°2'22"N
Longitude: 82°8'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.039444444444,-82.135555555556

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.

Amphibole	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite
Zircon

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 Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Garnet None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Titanite
Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Diopside ()*	Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Omphacite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*
Tschermakite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	229
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	73
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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