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Locality Name:
Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 285835
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285835.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Murphy Meteorite
Section 6 Talc Prospect

Latitude: 35°6'3"N
Longitude: 84°1'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.100833333333,-84.029444444444
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: Au C Ca Cr Fe H Mg N Ni O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClayCopperIronNoneQuartzRocksaltSpinelTalc

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Carlsbergite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Iron  (*)Quartz  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125002227770
Carlsbergite  (*)RocksaltCrN125002126
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41250021157
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212500229895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS125002224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu125002230554
Iron  (*)IronFe12500211089
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125002261156
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1250021374
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212500223337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212500222562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12500211044


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