Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
York Co., South Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 320
Youngest recorded age at locality: 302

mindat Locality ID: 26856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "York Co., South Carolina, USA": 92
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 89

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
Arrowwood Mine (Rosa Mine)
Ashe Mine (Southeastern Clay Company; York County Mines; Ashe Brick Company)
Barnett Mine Charlotte District
Bolin Prospect
Brown Mine
Cal Parker Prospect (Parker No. 1 Prospect)
Charlotte District
Clover Area
Clover Quarry (Blythe Brothers)
Dewitt Blanton Property (Gaff-Kings)
Dickey Mine (Allison Mine)
Dorothy Mine
Hatley Mine
John Barnette Mine
Kings Creek District
Kings Creek Quarry
Kings Mountain District
Love Mine-No. 1 Charlotte District
Love Mine-No. 2 Kings Mountain District
Lowrys Quarry (Construction Materials Inc.; Div.)
Magnolia Mine (Smith Mine; Louise Mine)
Martin Mine
Mary Mine
McKnight Prospect
Mercer Mine
Nanny Mountain Mine
Parker No. 2 Mine
Pineville Quarry
Project 317 (York Quarry; SE Div. Martin Marietta Aggregates)
Rickard Mine
Rock Hill Quarry (SE Div. Martin Marietta Aggregates)
Schlegemich Mine
Smyrna-Broad River Occurrence
Tate Mine
Thunderhead Prospect
Unnamed Granite Quarry (MRDS - 10080742)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Quarry (MRDS - 10080647)
Whisenant Prospect
Worth Mountain Kyanite Prospect
Wylie Mine
York County Mines

Latitude: 35°0'13"N
Longitude: 81°16'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.003611111111,-81.272777777778

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.

Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Lazulite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Sulphur	Tetradymite
Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Na O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Lazulite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Sulphur Tetradymite
Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	320	302	0		1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			2	264613,264641	1036
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			6	264615,264626,264634,264635,264645,264651	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	264609,264612,264656	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			12	264588,264590,264602,264603,264606,264607,264609,264610,264623,264624,264632,264651	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	264630	376
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	264651	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			2	264592,264658	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	264651	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	264651	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	264630	481
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	310	302	2	264593,264656	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	264608	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			44	264578,264580,264585,264586,264587,264588,264589,264590,264605,264606,264607,264608,264609,264610,264611,264612,264614,264616,264617,264618,264619,264620,264621,264623,264624,264625,264628,264631,264632,264633,264636,264637,264638,264639,264640,264642,264643,264644,264646,264647,264649,264650,264651,264662	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	264622,264623	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	264612,264658	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			2	264615,264667	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	264656	1271
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			2	264615,264630	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			5	264612,264615,264622,264623,264630	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	264651	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂			1	264658	168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	264613,264641	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	264609,264645	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	264613,264641	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	264656	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			34	264580,264582,264585,264586,264587,264588,264589,264590,264603,264606,264607,264608,264609,264610,264612,264614,264615,264617,264618,264619,264623,264624,264625,264628,264629,264631,264632,264633,264636,264638,264642,264643,264646,264647	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	264615	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	264654	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			13	264590,264605,264608,264613,264623,264630,264641,264642,264645,264647,264650,264651,264667	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	264615,264630	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	320	302	0		2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	264630	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	264616	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	320	302	0		21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	320	302	0		978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	264630	2045
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	264617	510
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	264630	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	310	302	2	264593,264615	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-04092	310	302	306±4	Rb-Sr	biotite	99637	Clover Quarry (Blythe Brothers), York Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04093	310	302	306±4	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99637	Clover Quarry (Blythe Brothers), York Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04081	320	308	314±6	Rb-Sr	k-feldspar	99693	Unnamed Granite Quarry (MRDS - 10080742), York Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04082	320	308	314±6	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99693	Unnamed Granite Quarry (MRDS - 10080742), York Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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