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Locality Name:
Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24855
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24855.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Heron Mine
Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry (Superior Stone Quarry; Crabtree Quarry; Nello Teer Quarry)
Raleigh - Durham Quarry

Latitude: 35°52'18"N
Longitude: 78°43'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.871666666667,-78.73

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: Al B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparKobelliteMica
MonaziteNonePyriteQuartzRutileStibniteTetrahedriteTourmalineZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eclarite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Izoklakeite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nuffieldite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12529208803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)125292011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312529201935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111252920843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2252920,25292127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125292027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212529209895
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S28125292018
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12529218173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12529202740
Graphite  (*)NoneC12529192812
Izoklakeite  (*)KobellitePb26.4(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19.6S57125292025
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141252920784
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35125292087
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12529201487
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1252920945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125292017380
Nuffieldite  (*)KobelliteCu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S7125292032
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125292039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125292061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212529205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12529202705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12529206417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312529205317
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1252920939



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110124Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry (Superior Stone Quarry; Crabtree Quarry; Nello Teer Quarry), Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110124
R110044Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry (Superior Stone Quarry; Crabtree Quarry; Nello Teer Quarry), Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110044
R110092Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry (Superior Stone Quarry; Crabtree Quarry; Nello Teer Quarry), Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110092
R110088Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry (Superior Stone Quarry; Crabtree Quarry; Nello Teer Quarry), Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110088


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