Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
McCormick, McCormick Co., South Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 265089
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265089.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McCormick, McCormick Co., South Carolina, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Barite Hill Mine

Latitude: 33°52'29"N
Longitude: 82°17'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.874722222222,-82.294166666667

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Melonite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Goldfieldite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Melonite
Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	264353	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	264353	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	264353	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	264353	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	264353	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	264353	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	264353	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	264353	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	264353	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	264353	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	1	264353	72
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	264353	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	264353	804
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	264353	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	264353	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	264353	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	264353	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	264353	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	264353	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	264353	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	264353	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	264353	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	264353	1803
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	264353	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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