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Locality Name:
Kershaw, Lancaster Co., South Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 590.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 544.8

mindat Locality ID: 282077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282077.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hale's Mine (Haile Gold Mine)

Latitude: 34°34'36"N
Longitude: 80°32'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.576666666667,-80.540833333333
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteKaoliniteMarcasite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
TalcTopaz

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Margarite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2590.2544.812642243092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS590.2544.812642249052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)590.2544.8126422427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2590.2544.812642245171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2590.2544.8126422427198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)590.2544.812642248173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS590.2544.8126422424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu590.2544.8126422430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3590.2544.8126422414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3590.2544.812642245433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4590.2544.812642245591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4590.2544.812642241507
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2590.2544.812642245674
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2590.2544.81264224168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2590.2544.812642245800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2590.2544.8126422417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2590.2544.8126422439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8590.2544.812642249056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2590.2544.8126422461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2590.2544.812642245614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS590.2544.8126422421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2590.2544.812642243337
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2590.2544.812642241476


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000238562.8544.8553.8±9.0Re-OsThe Re-Os ages for the Ridgeway and Haile mine molybdenites indicate that disseminated Au-Mo mineralization coincided with extension-related, Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian felsic magmatism in a rifted arc system characterized by fault-bounded basins. HMMO-3  Molybdenite 11715Hale's Mine (Haile Gold Mine), Kershaw, Lancaster Co., South Carolina, USAHaile MineStein et al. (1997) MDRE_313 
Giersdorf_00000239590.2583586.6±3.6Re-OsThe Re-Os ages for the Ridgeway and Haile mine molybdenites indicate that disseminated Au-Mo mineralization coincided with extension-related, Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian felsic magmatism in a rifted arc system characterized by fault-bounded basins. HMMO-3  Molybdenite 11715Hale's Mine (Haile Gold Mine), Kershaw, Lancaster Co., South Carolina, USAHaile MineStein et al. (1997) MDRE_313 

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