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Locality Name:
Chesterfield District, Chesterfield Co., South Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 277006
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277006.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Brewer's Mine (Brewer Mine; Brewer Gold Mine)

Latitude: 34°38'59"N
Longitude: 80°24'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.649722222222,-80.416388888889
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteEnargite
KaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteTopazWurtziteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61264013966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512640131310
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12640131966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312640131935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412640135516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126401327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212640135171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126401327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12640134165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12640132970
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41264013910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126401324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu126401330554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312640135433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612640132228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412640135591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412640131507
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212640135800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126401317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126401339462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21264013771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126401361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212640135614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS126401321482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212640133337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312640135317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212640131476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12640135251


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