Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Blue Ridge Parkway
Carrico Pits
Choate Quarry
Doughton Park
Glade Valley
James H. Parks Prospect (Joe Choate Farm Prospect)
John L. Pugh Prospect
Lee Pugh Prospect
New River Occurrence
New Saddle Mt. Church Site
Sparta
Stratford
Whitehead

Latitude: 36°31'51"N
Longitude: 81°10'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.530833333333,-81.168333333333

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	Kaolinite	Lawsonite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Titanite

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 As Au Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite Kaolinite Lawsonite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stilpnomelane Talc Titanite

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Almandine ()*
Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Cattierite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clino-suenoite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galaxite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Glaucophane ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kellyite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganhumite ()*	Margarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pennantite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*
Slawsonite ()*	Sonolite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Tephroite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tschermakite ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	249121	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	249121	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	249121	8803
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	249121	77
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	249108	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	249121	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	249131	2734
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	249121	718
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	249140	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	249121	173
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	249140	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	249121,249140	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	249121	83
Cattierite ()*	Pyrite	CoS₂	1	249121	30
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	249121,249131,249140	27198
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	249121	57
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	249121	966
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	249121	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	249131,249140	2970
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	249121	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	249123	445
Galaxite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Al₂O₄	1	249121	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	249131,249140	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2	249111,249118	504
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	249123	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	249121	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	249114,249115,249116	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	249117	5433
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	249121	172
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Kellyite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Mn²⁺,Mg,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	249121	11
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	249121	234
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		121
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	249121	249
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	249109,249113,249114,249115,249116,249117,249121	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	249131,249140	12537
Manganhumite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₇(SiO₄)₃(OH)₂	1	249121	14
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249121	168
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	249131,249140	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249121	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	249121	186
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		313
Pennantite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	1	249121	25
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	249121	2273
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	249140	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	249121,249131,249140	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	249121	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	249121	244
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	249121	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	249121	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	249121,249122,249124,249125,249126,249127,249128,249129,249130,249132,249133,249134,249135,249136,249137,249140	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	249121	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	249121	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	249117	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	249140	5186
Slawsonite ()*	None	Sr(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	249120	12
Sonolite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	1	249121	50
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	249121	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	249131,249140	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	249121	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249113	3337
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	249121	240
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		73
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060904	Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA	https://rruff.info/R060904
R140320	Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA	https://rruff.info/R140320
R060903	Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA	https://rruff.info/R060903
FKM-243	Bald Knob Deposit (Primary Ore Body; Crouse Knob Deposit), Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-226-to-fkm-250/#FKM-243

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