Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cane Creek Section, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31829
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31829.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cane Creek Section, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bakersville

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Autunite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica
None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Autunite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Grossular ()*	Jadeite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Stevensite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Autunite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica
None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Titanite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	251805	8803
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	251805	1272
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	251801	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	251801	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	251801	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	251801	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	251805	2740
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	251801	1544
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	251801	154
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	251802	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	251801	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	251805	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	251805	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	251801	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	251801	5614
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	251803	57
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	251801	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	251801	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	251805	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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