Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mars Hill, Madison Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4040
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4040.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mars Hill, Madison Co., North Carolina, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Carter Mine
Mars Hill Deposit (Rev. Corn Monazite Deposit)

Latitude: 35°47'52"N
Longitude: 82°32'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.797777777778,-82.545833333333

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Monazite
None	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Corundum ()*	Grossular ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce Cr Fe H Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Monazite
None Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	251563	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	251563	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	251563	3250
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	251563	4286
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	251563	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	251563	951
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	251563	1797
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	251563,251564	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	251563	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	251564	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	251564	945
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	251563	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	251563,251564	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	251563	1934
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	251563	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	251563	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	251564	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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