Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caldwell Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 724
Youngest recorded age at locality: 587

mindat Locality ID: 24672
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24672.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caldwell Co., North Carolina, USA": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Baker's Mine
Bee Mountain
Blue Ridge District
Butler Mine
Cages Mountain Sillimanite Deposit
Cedar Valley
Chestnut Mtn
Cling Daniels Mine
Collettsville
Dudley Shoals No. 1 Sillimanite Deposit
Dudley Shoals No. 2 Sillimanite Deposit
Dudley Shoals No. 3 Sillimanite Deposit
Gneiss Quarry (MRDS - 10297306)
Happy Valley Prospect
Hercules Mine
Hibriten Prospect
L. G. McCrary Prospect
Land Prospect
Lenoir
Levi Reid Prospect
Long Prospect
McGee Mine
Miller Prospect
Miller Quarry
Morganton
Oak Hill Prospect
Olim McCrary Mine
Paul Oliver Prospect
Polly Land Prospect
Saw Mills Sillimanite Deposit
Seleys Creek (Celia Creek)
Tolbert Mine
Travis Prospect
Turkey Hen Quarry
US Highway 321 Roadcut Sites
Wilson Creek
Yadkin Valley (Richlands Cove)

Latitude: 35°54'13"N
Longitude: 81°30'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.903611111111,-81.513333333333

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paragonite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	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 Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc Titanite Zircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	249856	2353
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	249829	2734
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	249844,249845	718
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)			2	249855,249856	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	249836	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	724	587	0		4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	249856,249860	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	249829	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	249831	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	249829	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	249829	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	249858	1025
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	724	587	0		2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	249856,249858,249860	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	249882	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	249867	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			5	249829,249831,249851,249869,249878	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			8	249829,249831,249834,249851,249859,249869,249871,249878	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	724	587	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	724	587	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	249836,249859,249884	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	249853,249863	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			5	249836,249846,249847,249848,249876	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			2	249856,249860	1271
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	249845	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			6	249829,249845,249857,249867,249870,249884	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	249829,249834	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	249839	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	249856,249858	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			13	249852,249853,249854,249858,249861,249863,249864,249872,249873,249874,249875,249879,249880	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	249876	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	249883	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	724	587	0		2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	724	587	0		247
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	249856	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	249836,249856,249882	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			3	249829,249851,249878	1725
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	249838	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			11	249829,249851,249858,249861,249863,249869,249871,249878,249879,249880,249882	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀			1	249829	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	249836,249859,249884	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	249829	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			5	249836,249846,249847,249848,249876	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	249831	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)			1	249829	156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	724	587	0		2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	249844,249845	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	724	587	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	724	587	0		2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	249836,249884	5251

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01472_206_238	587	587	587	206_238	zircon	Zircon	100235	Kinkaid Prospect, Blue Ridge District, Caldwell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01472_207_206	724	724	724	207_206	zircon	Zircon	100235	Kinkaid Prospect, Blue Ridge District, Caldwell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01472_207_235	616	616	616	207_235	zircon	Zircon	100235	Kinkaid Prospect, Blue Ridge District, Caldwell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01473_206_238	656	656	656	206_238	zircon	Zircon	100235	Kinkaid Prospect, Blue Ridge District, Caldwell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01473_207_206	704	704	704	207_206	zircon	Zircon	100235	Kinkaid Prospect, Blue Ridge District, Caldwell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01473_207_235	666	666	666	207_235	zircon	Zircon	100235	Kinkaid Prospect, Blue Ridge District, Caldwell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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