Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
McDowell Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 27092
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27092.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McDowell Co., North Carolina, USA": 73
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 66

Number of Child Localities: 63
Child Localities:
211 Quarry
226 Quarry
Alexander Branch Placer
Armstrong Creek Occurrence
Ashford
Bartlett Mine
Ben Frankin Prospect
Biddix Prospect
Black Oak Mine
Bowman Quarry
Brinkley Prospect
Bryson Talc Deposit
Burnett Mine
Burnette Quarry
Canton Prospect
Demming
Dolomite Quarry
Dysartsville
Gneiss Quarry (MRDS - 10248865)
Good Brothers Prospect
Graphiteville
Gruen No. 1 Mine
High Shoals And South Muddy Creeks Gold Placer Belt
Honeycutt Prospect
Huntsville Branch Placer
J.D. Denney Prospect
Joe Taylor Prospect
Katy Creek Placer
Kirksey Mine
Linville Falls
Long Branch Placer
Lowery Prospect
Lush Prospect
Mahogany Prospect
Marion
Marion Bullion Placer
McBee Prospect
Middle Prospect
Montreat
North Cove Manganese Prospect
North Cove Prospect
Old Fort
Old Mill Creek Mine
Old Tom Creek Prospect
Pinnacle Ridge Mine
Pritchard Creek Mine
Rock Mine
Sam Silvers Mine
Second Broad River Placer
Sourwood Gap Prospect
South Mountain District
South Muddy Creek Headwater Placer
South Muddy Creek Lower Course Placer
Thomas Mine
Thunder Knob Mine
Unnamed Zn Prospect (1)
Vein Mountain Mine
Waltons-Neighbors And Caleb Branch Placers
Wildacres Prospect
Will Gouge Mine
Wiseman Prospect
Woodlawn
Woods Mountain Meteorite

Latitude: 35°43'2"N
Longitude: 81°57'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.717222222222,-81.958611111111

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	Autunite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Epidote	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite	Mica	Monazite	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Tetradymite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Cuprite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diamond ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Troilite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Al Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pt S Si Te Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Pt Si Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Autunite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Copper Corundum Diamond Epidote Garnet Iron Kaolinite Mica Monazite None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Tetradymite Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	251649	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	251649	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	251649	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	251651,251675	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	251639,251651,251671	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	251639,251651	2970
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	251676	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	251623	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	251621,251637,251639,251651,251675	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	251652,251673	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	251637,251669	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	251623,251629,251631,251640,251662,251663,251669,251670	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	251627,251671	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	251676	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	251606	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	251650	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	22	251613,251620,251625,251628,251630,251632,251641,251643,251646,251647,251653,251654,251655,251656,251657,251658,251660,251666,251667,251671,251672,251673	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		247
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	251676	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	0		485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	251639,251651	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	251638,251650	3106
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		341
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	24	251613,251620,251625,251630,251632,251641,251643,251646,251647,251649,251650,251651,251653,251655,251656,251657,251658,251660,251666,251667,251671,251672,251673,251675	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	0		312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	251649	353
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	251639,251651,251669	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	251676	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	251616	3337
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	251635	510
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	251676	1044
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	0		939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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