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Locality Name:
Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 425.29
Youngest recorded age at locality: 383.29

mindat Locality ID: 23436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA": 69
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 58

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Bangle Mine
Boger's Mine (Allen Boger Mine)
Carolina Slate Belt
Charlotte Belt
Concord
Cosby's Mine (Crosby Mine; Poplan)
Cullen's Mine
George Ludwick's Mine
Gold Hill District
Gold Hill Quarry
Honeycutt Prospect
Isenhour Mine
Kluttz Shale Mine
Locust
Midland
Midland Quarry
Monroe Meteorite
Mount Pleasant
Nugget Lead Prospect (Biggers)
Pioneer Mills Mine
Tucker Mine (California Mine)
Vanderburg Mine
Wagoner Brothers Trucking Company Pit

Latitude: 35°21'23"N
Longitude: 80°28'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.356388888889,-80.480555555556

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite
Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Epsomite
Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pentlandite	Pharmacosiderite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite
Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Enargite Epidote Epsomite
Feldspar Garnet Iron Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pentlandite Pharmacosiderite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stilpnomelane Sulphur Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zircon

84 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Petzite ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	249804	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	249790	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	249815	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	425.29	383.29	0		1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	249783	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	249782,249784,249793	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	249790	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	249798	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	249790	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	249760,249797	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			8	249774,249775,249783,249791,249793,249796,249804,249825	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			6	249765,249769,249793,249795,249802,249810	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			16	249765,249766,249767,249772,249774,249775,249784,249791,249793,249795,249804,249810,249816,249820,249823,249825	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	249804	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			4	249769,249782,249802,249804	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			30	249760,249763,249764,249765,249766,249767,249769,249772,249774,249775,249777,249780,249782,249783,249784,249786,249790,249791,249793,249795,249798,249800,249802,249804,249810,249816,249819,249820,249823,249825	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	249814	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	249823	3531
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe			1	249815	169
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	249814	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	249797	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	249796	67
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	249804	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	249804	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	249814	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			5	249791,249793,249795,249802,249810	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	249781	345
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	249790	1188
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	249804	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			10	249763,249767,249770,249772,249791,249793,249803,249804,249820,249821	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	425.29	383.29	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			34	249760,249762,249763,249764,249765,249766,249767,249768,249770,249771,249772,249774,249775,249777,249778,249780,249782,249784,249785,249791,249793,249796,249798,249800,249801,249802,249804,249806,249807,249810,249817,249818,249819,249823	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	249804	188
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	249804	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	249804	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			5	249772,249775,249790,249791,249804	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	249815	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	249790,249814	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	249814	1089
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	425.29	383.29	0		1271
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	249790	80
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	249804	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			6	249769,249783,249790,249791,249795,249823	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			8	249766,249769,249791,249795,249797,249804,249820,249823	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	249819	5674
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	249814	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	249790	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	249769,249782,249783	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃			1	249781	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			7	249766,249769,249772,249778,249803,249804,249820	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	249798	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	425.29	383.29	2	249783,249787	2994
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	249790	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	249790	1512
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	249815	409
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			1	249798	428
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	425.29	383.29	0		1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	249804	733
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	249797	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			30	249764,249765,249767,249769,249770,249772,249774,249775,249777,249780,249782,249783,249784,249790,249791,249793,249795,249798,249800,249802,249803,249804,249810,249816,249817,249819,249820,249821,249823,249825	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	249804	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			2	249803,249804	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	249790	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			38	249762,249763,249765,249766,249767,249768,249769,249770,249772,249774,249775,249777,249778,249780,249782,249783,249784,249785,249786,249787,249790,249791,249793,249795,249796,249800,249802,249803,249804,249806,249810,249816,249817,249818,249820,249821,249823,249825	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	249795,249804	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀			1	249804	312
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄			1	249815	64
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			6	249759,249791,249793,249796,249797,249816	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	249798	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			10	249767,249780,249784,249791,249793,249795,249796,249800,249816,249823	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	425.29	383.29	0		1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	249804	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			7	249764,249767,249772,249803,249804,249810,249820	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	249790	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	425.29	383.29	0		978
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	249796	456
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	425.29	383.29	0		2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	249814	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	249804	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	249804	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			3	249760,249793,249797	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	249798,249804	5317
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	249814	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	249790	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	USGS-Rb-Sr-02397	425.29	383.29	404.29±21	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion		whole rock							100221	Royal Pearl Quarry, Concord, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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