Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1846
Youngest recorded age at locality: 781

mindat Locality ID: 250347
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250347.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°6'16"N
Longitude: 82°7'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.104444444444,-82.121944444444

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.

None	Perovskite

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: Ca O Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Perovskite

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Perovskite ()*

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
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1846	781	0		495

8 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-06038	1846	1784	1815±31	Rb-Sr		whole rock	250347	Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06039	1846	1784	1815±31	Rb-Sr		whole rock	250347	Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06040	1846	1784	1815±31	Rb-Sr		whole rock	250347	Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06044	833	781	807±26	Rb-Sr	age of metamorphic crystallization	whole rock	250347	Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06046	833	781	807±26	Rb-Sr		whole rock	250347	Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06047	833	781	807±26	Rb-Sr		whole rock	250347	Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06048	833	781	807±26	Rb-Sr		whole rock	250347	Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06049	1846	1784	1815±31	Rb-Sr		whole rock	250347	Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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