Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Madison Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madison Co., North Carolina, USA": 99
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 90

Number of Child Localities: 59
Child Localities:
Ball Feldspar Mine
Big Ivy Mine
Bluff
Brackens Soapstone Deposit
Buncombe District
Canton-Democrat
Carter Mine
Dallas L. Riddle Prospect (J.F. Teague Prospect)
Del Rio
Edwards No. 2 Soapstone Deposit
Edwards No.1 Soapstone Deposit
Edwards No.3 Soapstone Deposit
Emmett Harkleroad Prospect
George Lewis Soapstone Deposit
Goforth Soapstone Deposit
Guy Roberts Soapstone Deposit
Haynie Mine
Hot Springs Barite District
Ivy Creek No. 1 Occurrence
Ivy Creek No. 2 Occurrence
Joe Ball Prospect
Klondyke Mine
Ledford Allanite Prospect
Ledford Prospect
Lum Sprouse Mine (Reeves Mine)
Madison County Soapstone District
Mars Hill
Marshall
McCrary-Madison Quarry
Morgan Hill Chromite Prospect
N. C. Dept. Of Transportation Crushed Stone Quarry
Odell Allanite Prospect
Paint Fork Occurrence
Parker Soapstone Deposit
Peter Cove Talc Mine
Peters Cove Soapstone Deposit
Robinson Mine
Shelton Soapstone Deposit
Shut-In Creek Pyrite Occurrence
Spring Creek Occurrence
Tennelina/Shut-In-Creek Area
Terry Fork
Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10026479)
Trollinger Farm Prospect
Unnamed Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10026461)
Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence (N. C. State Univ. Minerals Research Lab No. 3807; MRDS - 10026471)
Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence (N. C. State Univ. Minerals Research Lab No. 4176; MRDS - 10026469)
Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence (N. C. State Univ. Minerals Research Lab No. 4177; MRDS - 10026472)
Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence (N. C. State Univ. Minerals Research Lab No. 4178; MRDS - 10026466)
Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence (N. C. State Univ. Minerals Research Lab No. 4179; MRDS - 10026470)
Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence (N. C. State Univ. Minerals Research Lab No. 4180; MRDS - 10026468)
Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence (N. C. State Univ. Minerals Research Lab No. 4181; MRDS - 10026467)
Unnamed Hematite Occurrence (MRDS - 10026483)
Unnamed Pyrrhotite Prospect
Unnamed Saprolite Pit (MRDS - 10026485)
Unnamed Talc Occurrence (MRDS - 10026475)
Upper Shut-In Creek Prospect
Walnut Mountains
Walnut Mts

Latitude: 35°49'51"N
Longitude: 82°40'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.830833333333,-82.671666666667

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Sulphur	Talc	Titanite
Vesuvianite	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 Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Iron Kaolinite Mica
Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Sulphur Talc Titanite
Vesuvianite Zircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cohenite ()*	Corundum ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Manganite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sarcopside ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Troilite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	251563	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	251503,251512,251563	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	251566	2353
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	251563	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	251526,251527,251528,251529,251530,251531,251536	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	251503,251512,251563	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	251527,251528,251530,251567,251596	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	251527,251528	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5	251512,251563,251569,251598,251601	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	251563	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	251512	1756
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	251601	77
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	3	251512,251525,251563	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	251567,251581	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	251532,251596	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8	251537,251571,251581,251585,251588,251589,251590,251591	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	2	251537,251571	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	6	251503,251527,251528,251529,251530,251531	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	251527,251529	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	251578	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	251562,251581	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	251526,251592	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	6	251512,251525,251533,251563,251564,251582	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	251598,251601	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	251563	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	251504,251525,251529,251533,251534,251537,251564	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	251596	770
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	251525	168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	251508,251510,251514,251539	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	251564	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	251596	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	11	251503,251508,251510,251513,251514,251527,251528,251530,251539,251576,251585	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	0		633
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	251563	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	251503	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	251567	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	251503,251527,251528,251574,251578	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	251596	3106
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	251593	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	27	251503,251508,251509,251510,251512,251513,251514,251527,251528,251529,251537,251539,251563,251564,251566,251571,251576,251578,251581,251585,251586,251587,251588,251589,251590,251591,251596	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	251532	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	251525,251534	5614
Sarcopside ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂	1	251598	58
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	12	251541,251543,251544,251545,251546,251547,251548,251549,251554,251557,251560,251574	4894
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	2	251598,251601	374
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	251529	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	251526	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	251512,251563	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	251574	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	251601	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	9	251512,251541,251544,251545,251546,251549,251557,251574,251595	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	251581	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	251512,251563	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	251598,251601	1044
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	3	251512,251563,251576	652
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	251533,251564,251578	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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