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Locality Name:
Montgomery Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montgomery Co., North Carolina, USA": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
63-C Mine (C Mine; General Stone And Material Company)
Albemarle
Ammons Mine
Badin
Beaver Dam Placer
Candor
Carolina Slate Belt
Carter Mine
Crump Mine
Dunn Quarry
Eldorado
Eldorado Quarry (General Stone & Materials Company; Southern Aggregates; Inc.; Subsidiary Of)
Hall Quarry
Hurley Mine
Kern Quarry
Mark-S Mine
Montgomery County Mine
Mount Gilead
Mt.Gilead Mine
North State No. 1 Mine
North State No. 2 Prospect
Ophir
Riggon Hill Mine
Southeast Albemarle
Standard Minerals Mine
Star
Steeds Prospect
Swift Island
Troy
Troy Mine

Latitude: 35°22'41"N
Longitude: 79°55'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.378055555556,-79.928333333333
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Ce Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnetIronKaoliniteMalachiteMeloniteMica
MolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelTalc

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Coloradoite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212521803419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12522028803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1252182489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22252169,2521882162
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22252180,2521885509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)125216911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412521825516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21252169700
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21252182361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)9252160,252175,252176,252177,252182,252183,252187,252201,25220227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2252180,2521825707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26252159,252180,252182,252187,252201,25220227198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)23252198,252199,252207376
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812522021756
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1252182169
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12521778173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1252182345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2252180,25220224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu21252157,252158,252159,252160,252161,252170,252174,252175,252176,252177,252179,252181,252182,252183,252184,252187,252201,252202,252212,252215,25221630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32252169,25218214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2252182,252201804
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612521881066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312521695433
Iron  (*)IronFe12521821089
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42252172,2521965591
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe81252182111
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4125218214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23252159,252180,25218812537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12521694924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22252182,2522015800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1252169945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211252175,252176,252182,252183,252187,252198,252199,252201,252207,252210,25221617380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3125218367
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1252201633
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812522011512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe22252182,252201409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216252159,252160,252169,252170,252174,252175,252176,252177,252179,252180,252182,252183,252187,252201,252202,25221639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)27252167,252198,252199,252207,252210,252214,252215771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84252160,252180,252187,2522019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225252159,252160,252163,252164,252165,252169,252172,252174,252175,252176,252177,252179,252180,252181,252182,252183,252188,252196,252198,252199,252201,252202,252207,252210,25221661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22252169,2521965614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12521776417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12521862473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312521691214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5252180,252182,252188,252201,25220221482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41252182337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22252167,2522153337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050051Cotton Stone Mountain, Troy, Montgomery Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050051

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