Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 233460
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233460.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cumberland Co., North Carolina, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cumberland Sand And Gravel Occurrence
Fayetteville
Slocumb Mine

Latitude: 35°11'51"N
Longitude: 78°55'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.1975,-78.919444444444

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Brookite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Monazite
None Not in a structural group Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	250446	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	250446	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	250446	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	250446	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	250446	5591
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	250446	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	250446	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	250446	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	250446	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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