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Locality Name:
Burnsville, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 293455
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293455.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burnsville, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hurricane Mountain

Latitude: 35°53'7"N
Longitude: 82°16'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.885277777778,-82.278333333333
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 B Be Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H Hf K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ta Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAutuniteBerylClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteTapioliteTourmalineZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hafnon  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pollucite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212532393419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12532398803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312532392353
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12532391272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812532394286
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O41253239321
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12532391025
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61253239518
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1253239520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12532398173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1253239551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12532392740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212532399617
Hafnon  (*)ZirconHf(SiO4)125323911
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412532395591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412532391507
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12532394924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212532395800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1253239945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125323917380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12532392994
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O1253239140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125323939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125323961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212532395614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12532392705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312532391214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS125323921482
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6125323999
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6125323988
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12532391059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212532392562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12532395251


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