Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24121
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24121.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, USA": 85
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 80

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Arrowood Quarry
Charlotte
Charlotte District
Charlotte Quarry
Concord
Davidson Quarry
Flowe Mine
Matthews Quarry
McLeary Mine (McCleary Mine)
Mecklenburg Gabbro-Metagabbro Complex
Pineville
Pinewood Quarry
Prison Camp Quarry
Surface Hill Mine
Tom Ferris Mine (Ferris Mine)
Unnamed Hematite Occurrence (MRDS - 10080555)

Latitude: 35°15'5"N
Longitude: 80°50'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.251388888889,-80.84

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite
Lazulite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Sulphur
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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diamond Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite
Lazulite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Sulphur
Talc Titanite Zircon

74 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augelite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Trolleite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	251680	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	251680	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	251680,251755	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	251729	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	251680	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	251726	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	3	251679,251680,251755	1036
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	0		79
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	251680,251755	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	251752	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	251680,251721	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	251678,251680,251721,251755,251757	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	251680	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	251721	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	251680	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	18	251680,251691,251693,251696,251697,251699,251701,251704,251714,251715,251720,251721,251723,251724,251726,251727,251731,251760	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	251683	376
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	251680,251704	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	251755	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	251680,251714	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	251729	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	251680	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	251680,251721	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	251678,251680,251755	8173
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	0		445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	251680	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	251680	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	62	251680,251684,251685,251686,251687,251688,251689,251690,251691,251692,251693,251696,251697,251698,251699,251700,251701,251702,251703,251704,251705,251706,251707,251708,251709,251710,251712,251713,251714,251715,251716,251717,251718,251719,251720,251721,251722,251723,251724,251725,251726,251727,251728,251729,251730,251731,251732,251733,251734,251735,251736,251737,251738,251739,251740,251741,251742,251743,251744,251745,251746,251760	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	251721	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	251680,251696,251755,251760,251762	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	251755	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	251755	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	251680	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	251678,251757	1271
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	0		232
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	251755	80
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	251755	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	251680,251720,251755,251760	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	251680,251721,251760	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	251680	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	251694	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	251729	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	251680,251683,251721,251755	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	251680	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	251755	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	251757	1898
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	251714,251727	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	251680,251684,251688,251692,251693,251694,251695,251696,251697,251699,251701,251703,251704,251712,251714,251720,251721,251726,251727,251731,251735,251755,251760	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	251755	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	59	251680,251684,251686,251687,251688,251689,251690,251691,251692,251693,251695,251696,251697,251698,251699,251700,251701,251702,251703,251704,251705,251707,251708,251709,251710,251712,251713,251714,251715,251716,251717,251718,251720,251721,251722,251723,251724,251725,251726,251727,251728,251729,251731,251732,251733,251734,251735,251736,251737,251738,251739,251740,251741,251742,251743,251744,251745,251746,251760	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	251680	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	251752	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	251680,251714,251721	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	251680	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	251755	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	251721	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	3	251680,251714,251721	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	251680,251755	4899
Trolleite ()*	None	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃	0		16
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	251755	73
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	251680,251729	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	251680	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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