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Locality Name:
Bishopville, Lee Co., South Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 284377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284377.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bishopville Meteorite

Latitude: 34°13'5"N
Longitude: 80°14'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.218055555556,-80.248333333333

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: Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
DjerfisheriteIronNoneOlivinePyroxeneRocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Iron  (*)Oldhamite  (*)Osbornite  (*)Perryite  (*)
Schöllhornite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1264308312
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6126430894
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612643084135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl126430860
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61264308944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12643081188
Iron  (*)IronFe12643081089
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS126430858
Osbornite  (*)RocksaltTiN126430820
Perryite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)3126430825
Schöllhornite  (*)NoneNa0.3CrS2·H2O12643084
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12643081044



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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