Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moore Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moore Co., North Carolina, USA": 58
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Ammons Mine
Brownstone Quarry (MRDS - 10296699)
Carthage
Cheek Mine
Dry Creek Mine
Dry Hollow Mine
Glendon District
Hallison Prospect
Hancock Pit
McDuffy Pit
McEnnis Pit
McKennis Pit
Millstone Quarry
Moore County Mine (MRDS - 10176320)
Moore County Mine (MRDS - 10298064)
Nicks Creek Occurrence
Richards Mine
Robbins District
Shields Mine
Unnamed Cu Prospect
White Mine
Williams Quarry
Wright Mine

Latitude: 35°26'1"N
Longitude: 79°32'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.433611111111,-79.543888888889

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	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Iron	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc
Titanite	Tridymite	Turquoise	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Ottrélite ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*
Turquoise ()*	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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu H Mg Na O P Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Iron Kaolinite Lazulite Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc
Titanite Tridymite Turquoise Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	252222	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	252218	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	252221	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	252221	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	252222,252272	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	252231,252232	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	252222,252231,252232,252248,252266,252272	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	252262,252272	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	252222,252231,252253,252262	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	5	252229,252231,252234,252235,252252	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	252221	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	252227	1025
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	252232,252272	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	0		481
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0		944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	252222,252231,252248,252272	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	252231,252252	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	252222	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	19	252245,252247,252248,252249,252250,252253,252254,252255,252256,252258,252259,252260,252262,252264,252265,252266,252270,252271,252275	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	252231,252232,252248,252252,252258	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	252221,252231,252244,252252	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	252221	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	252227,252270,252272	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	252231,252252	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	252231,252244,252248	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	252222,252232,252256,252272	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	252218,252224,252225,252227,252234,252247,252248,252249,252250,252252,252253,252254,252255,252257,252258,252259,252260,252261,252264,252265,252266,252268,252269,252270,252272	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	252272	2349
Ottrélite ()*	Chloritoid	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2	252231,252252	59
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	252221	303
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	0		369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16	252231,252247,252248,252249,252250,252252,252253,252256,252258,252259,252260,252262,252264,252265,252266,252272	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	19	252218,252224,252225,252228,252229,252230,252231,252233,252234,252235,252236,252252,252253,252254,252257,252261,252267,252268,252269	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	27	252218,252222,252231,252232,252235,252243,252248,252249,252250,252253,252254,252255,252256,252257,252258,252259,252260,252261,252262,252263,252264,252265,252266,252269,252270,252271,252272	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	252244	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	252231	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	252218,252222	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	252221	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	252221	1044
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	252269	484
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	252244	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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