Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Washington Mine, Silver Hill Mine, Silver Hill, Cid District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 590
Youngest recorded age at locality: 520

mindat Locality ID: 26108
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26108.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Washington Mine, Silver Hill Mine, Silver Hill, Cid District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Copper	Feldspar	Malachite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetradymite

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 Bi C Cu H K O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi C Cu H K O Pb S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Copper Feldspar Malachite None Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetradymite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	590	520	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	590	520	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	590	520	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	590	520	12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	590	520	2349
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	590	520	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	590	520	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	590	520	510

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000247	590	520	590-520							Yes				102615	Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson Co., North Carolina, USA	Carolina Slate Belt	Stein et al. (1997)		MDRE_313	Metavolcanic andesites and rhyolites with which the Au mines in the area are in contact.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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