Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castalia Quarry, Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 326
Youngest recorded age at locality: 290.73

mindat Locality ID: 250207
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250207.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castalia Quarry, Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°5'30"N
Longitude: 78°7'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.091666666667,-78.126388888889

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.

Feldspar	None	Quartz

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 K O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Feldspar None Quartz

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	326	290.73	0		4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	326	290.73	0		61156

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-02256	315.33	303.33	309.33±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	250207	Castalia Quarry, Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02257	290.73	290.73	290.73	Rb-Sr	minimum age of intrusion	whole rock	250207	Castalia Quarry, Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02258	315.33	303.33	309.33±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	250207	Castalia Quarry, Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02259	315.33	303.33	309.33±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	250207	Castalia Quarry, Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02260	315.33	303.33	309.33±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	250207	Castalia Quarry, Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02978	326	300	313±13	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	250207	Castalia Quarry, Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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