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Locality Name:
Brindletown, Burke Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 248893
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248893.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brindletown, Burke Co., North Carolina, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Brindletown Placers-Mills
J.C. Mills Mine (Mill's Mine; Mills's Mine)

Latitude: 35°39'45"N
Longitude: 81°46'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.6625,-81.775
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 Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Fe H K Li Mg Na Nb O P S Si Te Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylBrookiteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumDiamondEpidote
FeldsparGarnetMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutile
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalcTetradymiteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Beryl  (*)Brookite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diamond  (*)Elbaite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montanite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutherfordine  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212496863419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12496868803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212496862162
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812496864286
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21249686700
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412496863902
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312496861797
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1249686697
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1249686520
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61249686944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12496868173
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO41249685196
Gold  (*)CopperAu2249685,24968630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12496862812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124968614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312496865433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412496861507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124968614899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1249685945
Montanite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te6+O6·nH2O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)124968622
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124968617380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12496862349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124968639462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31249686341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22249685,24968661156
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)124968658
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212496865614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81249686353
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12496862705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512496861516
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212496863337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1249686190
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1249686510
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12496861006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12496864899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212496862562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1249686652
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1249686939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12496865251


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