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Locality Name:
Granville Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 524
Youngest recorded age at locality: 504

mindat Locality ID: 24832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granville Co., North Carolina, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Annie Maud Prospect
Bowlings Mountain
Bullock
Butner Quarry
Cornfield Property (Cornfield Prospects)
Daniels Mountain Deposit
E. C. Hilton Property
Jones Mine (Granville County No. 5 Mine)
Knap Of Reeds
Long Mountain Prospect
N.A Gregory Property
Pannebaker Prospects
Pyrophyllite Mine (MRDS - 10199597)
Quarry (MRDS - 10074672)
R. E. Hilton Property
Robbins-Uzzell Property
Tar River Quarry
Virgilina District
Wilton

Latitude: 36°18'23"N
Longitude: 78°44'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.306388888889,-78.734444444444

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Topaz

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anilite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Djurleite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Stibnite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Fe Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Stibnite Titanite Topaz

38 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			3	250711,250727,250728	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	524	504	0		8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	250707	1310
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄			1	250727	88
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	250709	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	524	504	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			3	250711,250727,250728	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	250711,250727,250728	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	250727,250728	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			4	250705,250711,250727,250728	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	250711,250727	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	250730	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	250727	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	250709	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			3	250711,250718,250728	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	250728	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			4	250711,250718,250727,250728	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	250707	481
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			2	250727,250728	300
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	524	504	0		944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			7	250705,250709,250711,250718,250727,250728,250732	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	524	504	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	250707,250727,250728	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	250707	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	524	504	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	250707,250711,250727,250728	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	250732	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	250707,250727,250728	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	250728,250732	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	250711,250727	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			8	250707,250712,250713,250714,250716,250721,250723,250724	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	250727	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	250705,250709,250711,250716,250727,250728	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	524	504	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	250728	5186
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	250717	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	250709	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	250707	1476

3 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-00235_206_238	504	504	504	206_238	zircon	Zircon	100817	Tar River Quarry, Granville Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00235_207_206	524	524	524	207_206	zircon	Zircon	100817	Tar River Quarry, Granville Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00235_207_235	507	507	507	207_235	zircon	Zircon	100817	Tar River Quarry, Granville Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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