Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Union Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24625
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24625.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Union Co., North Carolina, USA": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Ames Mine
Bakers Quarry
Butterfield Mine
Carolina Slate Belt
Charlotte District
Fox Hill Mine
Hemby Mine
Kendrick Mudstone Mine
Lead Shaft (MRDS - 10176148)
Monroe
Monroe Mine
New South Mine
Pewter Mine
Stewart Mine
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10071296)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10071297)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10071299)
Walkup's Mine
Waxhaw

Latitude: 35°4'5"N
Longitude: 80°38'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.068055555556,-80.646388888889

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Malachite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Staurolite

Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Malachite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Staurolite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	252863	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	252863	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	252867,252882	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	252850	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	252886	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	252850,252853,252858,252861,252862,252873,252888	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	14	252848,252850,252853,252855,252856,252858,252861,252862,252864,252865,252867,252875,252877,252878	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	17	252850,252851,252855,252856,252858,252861,252862,252864,252865,252867,252869,252873,252875,252876,252877,252878,252882	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	22	252850,252851,252852,252853,252854,252857,252861,252862,252863,252864,252873,252874,252875,252876,252877,252878,252881,252882,252883,252884,252885,252888	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	252857,252862	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	252850,252861,252862	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14	252850,252851,252853,252854,252862,252863,252864,252865,252867,252876,252877,252878,252882,252888	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	22	252850,252851,252852,252853,252854,252855,252856,252857,252858,252861,252863,252868,252869,252873,252874,252876,252878,252882,252883,252884,252885,252888	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	252867,252882	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	252863	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	252888	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	252850,252851,252852,252853,252854,252855,252857,252858,252861,252863,252864,252865,252867,252869,252873,252874,252875,252876,252877,252878,252882,252883,252884,252885,252888	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	252850,252858,252869	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	252851,252875	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	11	252858,252859,252861,252862,252864,252867,252874,252875,252877,252878,252882	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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