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Locality Name:
Tuxedo, Zirconia Pegmatite District, Henderson Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 265090
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265090.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tuxedo, Zirconia Pegmatite District, Henderson Co., North Carolina, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Freeman Mine
Pace Zircon Mine

Latitude: 35°13'24"N
Longitude: 82°26'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.223333333333,-82.434444444444

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Nb O P Si Th Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
Smectite-vermiculiteTitaniteZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Epidote  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
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
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212508892162
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12508898173
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412508895591
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12508894924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125088917380
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)61250889121
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125088961156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512508891516
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12508891006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12508894899
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1250889652
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1250889939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2250889,2508905251



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