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Locality Name:
Abbeville Co., South Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24556
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24556.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abbeville Co., South Carolina, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Antreville
Brown Prospects (Brown Apple Prospect; Brown Cherry Prospect)
Calais And Douglas Mine
Calhoun Falls
Civil War Mine
Clenkscales Prospect
Cook Prospect
Due West
Lyons Mine
Oakland Grove
Parsons Mountain Pyrophyllite Prospect
Richard B. Russell Dam Project Quarry
Rocky River Mine
Saluda Mine
Scott Quarry
Unknown Copper (MRDS - 10084431)
Vandiver & Cooke Scott Prospects

Latitude: 34°12'44"N
Longitude: 82°30'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.212222222222,-82.505
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 Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C K O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteBerylChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteKaoliniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRutile
SpinelSulphur

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12636332793
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512636451310
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182263632,2636474286
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1263633280
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23263636,263648,26365027198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12636338173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212636339617
Gold  (*)CopperAu5263635,263637,263639,263642,26364430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312636365433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412636345591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43263636,263645,26365014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24263634,263638,263647,26365117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23263639,263648,26365039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21263645771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82263648,2636509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28263632,263633,263634,263636,263641,263642,263645,26364761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212636455614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Silver  (*)CopperAg12636335186
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12636362045


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