Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nantahala Talc And Limestone Mine, Hewitt, Swain Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 34369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nantahala Talc And Limestone Mine, Hewitt, Swain Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°18'38"N
Longitude: 83°38'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.310555555556,-83.645555555556

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Talc

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 C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chlorite Clay Diaspore None Pyrite Quartz Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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