Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Clay Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24026
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24026.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clay Co., North Carolina, USA": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Big Four Prospect (Rough Cove Prospect)
Brasstown Church - Cherry Mountain Deposit
Buck Creek
Bud Kitchen Prospect
Bumgarner Prospect
Chunky Gal Mountain
Corundum Knob
Downing Creek Deposit
Elf
Elf School Area
Hayesville
Hyatt Mill Creek Deposit
John E. Ledford Prospect
Lake Chatuga Complex
Mark Rogers Property
Matherson Pit
Shooting Creek
Shooting Creek Placer
Unnamed Vermiculite Prospect (MRDS - 10296767)
W. E. Kitchens Prospect
Warne - Sylva Belt

Latitude: 35°2'1"N
Longitude: 83°42'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.033611111111,-83.712777777778

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	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Harmotome	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Phenakite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scapolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Staurolite
Talc	Titanite	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: Al Au Ba Be C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Beryl Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Harmotome Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine
Phenakite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Scapolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Staurolite
Talc Titanite Zircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brucite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*
Diopside ()*	Edenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galaxite ()*	Gold ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*
Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*
Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*	Meionite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nimite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phenakite ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Preiswerkite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*
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	5	250113,250115,250118,250124,250125	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	250115,250128	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	250113	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	5	250113,250115,250124,250125,250135	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	250113,250118,250124	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	250115	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	250115	4286
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	250125	462
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	250115,250125	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	250115	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	250115,250125	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	250113	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	13	250113,250114,250115,250116,250117,250118,250119,250120,250121,250124,250125,250128,250130	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	250113	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	250113,250125	4135
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	3	250113,250125,250135	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	250115,250125	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	250113	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		129
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	250135	54
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3	250115,250124,250125	1188
Galaxite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Al₂O₄	1	250125	43
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		52
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	250115	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	250130	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	250138,250147	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	250115,250151	1507
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	3	250113,250124,250135	238
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	250125	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	250113	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	250113,250138	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	3	250115,250124,250125	168
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	250128	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	250111	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	250111,250122,250125	17380
Nimite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Ni,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	250125	15
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	250127	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	250115	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	250118	326
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	250115	75
Preiswerkite ()*	Mica	NaAlMg₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	250115,250138	14
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	250111,250115,250130	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	250132,250138,250147	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	250125	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	4	250112,250126,250133,250151	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3	250113,250115,250125	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	250115,250118,250121,250125	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	250113	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	250125	2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	250113	73
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	5	250114,250115,250118,250128,250148	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	250138	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8	250113,250115,250116,250117,250119,250120,250124,250125	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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