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Locality Name:
Dare Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 233465
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233465.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
East Lake Mine
Kitty Hawk
Nags Head
Stumpy Point Pluton

Latitude: 35°46'26"N
Longitude: 75°51'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.773888888889,-75.8525
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti U Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleApatiteBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMicaNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSphalerite
SpinelTitaniteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lechatelierite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderophyllite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2250452,2504548803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312504542353
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12504541036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125045427770
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812504541008
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12504548173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12504542740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212504549617
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312504545433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412504545591
Lechatelierite  (*)AmorphousSiO2125045362
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125045417380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125045461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212504545614
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2125045492
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS125045421482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12504544899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212504542718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12504545251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070268Kitty Hawk, Dare Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070268

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