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Locality Name:
Hamme Tungsten District, Vance Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 293766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hamme Tungsten District, Vance Co., North Carolina, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tungsten

Latitude: 36°30'54"N
Longitude: 78°28'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.515,-78.468611111111
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 Au Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMicaMolybdeniteNonePyritePyrochlore
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTopaz

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprotungstite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12528948803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1252894489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212528943092
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812528944286
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71252894450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412528945516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125289427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12528945707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125289427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12528944165
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2125289467
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212528949895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12528948173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212528949617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS125289424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu125289430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3125289414640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1252894469
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4125289414899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212528945800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125289417380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12528942994
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1252894494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125289439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12528941725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125289461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12528941711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12528944894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12528946417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312528941214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS125289421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312528945317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212528941476


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