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Locality Name:
Burke Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4038
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4038.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burke Co., North Carolina, USA": 81
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 66

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
Blue Ridge District
Bridgewater
Brindletown
Brittain Prospect
Burkmont Prospect
Buzzard Roost Knob Prospect
Cannon Prospect
Chestnut Knob (Little Chestnut Mountain)
Double Branch Placer
Floyd Brittan Mine
Glen Alpine
Gneiss Quarry (MRDS - 10223815)
Grill Prospect
Hall Creek Placer
Hancock Placer
Haywood Hoyle Prospect
Henry Fork River
Henry Young Prospect
Hossfeld Prospect
Hudson Prospect
James C. Chapman Mine
Keller Prospect
Linville Falls
Linville Gorge
Linville Mountain
Lytle Prospect
Morganton
Newton Prospect
Noah Young Mine
Petche Gap
Quarry (MRDS - 10074568)
Reed Mine
Silver Creek
Silver Creek Placer
Smith Cliff Sillimanite Deposit
Smyrna
South Mountain District
Spake Prospect
Tweedy Mine
Unnamed Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10127171)
Unnamed Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10224051)
Wheeler Daniels Prospect
Yancey Prospect

Latitude: 35°42'33"N
Longitude: 81°42'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.709166666667,-81.708611111111

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn N Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBrookiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumDiamondEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
IronKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophyllitePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetradymiteTitanite
TourmalineZircon

69 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Antimony  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Corundum  (*)
Daubréelite  (*)Diamond  (*)Dolomite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lead  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Niter  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Palladium  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)Rutile  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Schorl  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Taenite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)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)212496863419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12496868803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32249722,2497332353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212496862162
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb0363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124971111547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O186249686,249687,249688,249722,249750,2497554286
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21249686700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124972227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124974827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12497251382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412496863902
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61249687518
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312496861797
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41249683157
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1249686697
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1249686520
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61249686944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12496868173
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO41249685196
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12497222740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22249726,2497459617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4249723,249725,249729,24974824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu21249678,249679,249680,249681,249685,249686,249693,249699,249700,249707,249721,249723,249724,249725,249728,249738,249740,249747,249748,249749,24975130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12496862812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32249686,24974514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312496865433
Iron  (*)IronFe2249683,2497171089
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44249687,249698,249730,2497315591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412496861507
Lead  (*)CopperPb0192
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12497191487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124968614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124972912537
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)7249685,249696,249699,249703,249737,249739,249741945
Montanite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te6+O6·nH2O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)124968622
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214249686,249688,249689,249694,249698,249704,249705,249718,249722,249730,249731,249735,249756,24975717380
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)1249715181
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12496862349
Palladium  (*)CopperPd059
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26249686,249711,249723,249725,249729,24974839462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)32249686,249753341
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217249678,249685,249686,249687,249689,249694,249698,249705,249722,249723,249725,249730,249731,249735,249748,249756,24975761156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101249725312
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)124968658
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212496865614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81249686353
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3249686,249687,2497222705
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P2249683,249717374
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O30179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12497226417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52249686,2497431516
Silver  (*)CopperAg12497255186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124974821482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61249687688
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)2249683,249717703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212496863337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1249686190
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1249686510
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12496861006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2249686,2497224899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212496862562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1249686652
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1249686939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3249680,249686,2497255251



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