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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
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 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: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteBerylCalciteClayCorundumFeldsparGarnetMonazite
NoneQuartzSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Corundum  (*)Grossular  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Spinel  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)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)212515633419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12515638803
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12515633250
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812515634286
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412515633902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41251563951
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312515631797
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32251563,2515645433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12515631487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4125156414899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1251564945
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12515632994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22251563,25156461156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412515631934
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212515632562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1251563652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12515645251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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