Mineral Evolution Database
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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1846
Youngest recorded age at locality: 365

mindat Locality ID: 4042
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4042.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA": 389
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 363

Number of Child Localities: 261
Child Localities:
Adam Buchanan Mine
Adam Mine
Al Autrey Mine
Bailey Prospect
Bakersville
Bandana
Banner Mine
Bartlett Mine
Bear Creek Quarry
Bee Creek
Biggerstaff Branch Mine
Bill Conley Mine
Bill Willis Mine
Black Mine
Blalock Mine
Bloodworth Mine
Boonfield Mine
Buchanan Mine (Buchanan Pegmatite)
Buckner Quarries
Buckridge Occurrence
Buna Mine
Bunker Hill Mine
Burleson Mine
Bushy Creek Mine
Butler Mine
Calhoun Smith Mine
Cane Creek Section
Carolina Mineral Company No. 18 Mine
Childers Mine
Clarissa
Clyde Sparks Mine
Crabtree Creek Occurrence
Crabtree Falls
Cranberry Magnetite District
Dave Green Mine
Davis Mine
Deake
Dogwood Flats Mine
Drawbarr Mine
Ed Buchanan Mine
Emily Knob Mine
Estatoe Mine
F. G. Jarret Mine
Fate Mine
Fate Rose Mine
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10126750)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10126876)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10126904)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10126922)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10127123)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10127360)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10151691)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10152241)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10159434)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10175798)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10175818)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10175932)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10176070)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10176295)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10176340)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10176386)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10176417)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10176563)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10176590)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10183686)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10199875)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10200078)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10200225)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10223654)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10223706)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10223749)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10223751)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10223766)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10223784)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10224155)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10224201)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10224272)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10224316)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10224346)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10232404)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10248779)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10248785)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10248787)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10248797)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10248849)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10248905)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10249176)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10249263)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10257023)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10272389)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10272525)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10272681)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10272768)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10272848)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10296644)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10296666)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10296746)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10296777)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10296852)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10296859)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10297150)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10297171)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10297229)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10297301)
Feldspar Mine (MRDS - 10305740)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10151671)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10151950)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10152024)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10152204)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10175975)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10176026)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10176112)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10176286)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10176374)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10176445)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10176552)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10208564)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10223625)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10223681)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10223889)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10223894)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10223988)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10224109)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10232316)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10248899)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10249216)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10249328)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10272316)
Feldspar/Mica Mine (MRDS - 10297236)
Flat Rock Mine (Flat Rock Pegmatite)
Fluken Ridge Mine
Flukens Hill Mine
Frank
Gibbs Green Mine
Gimbel Mine
Googrock Mine
Gouge Mine (Googe Mine)
Gouges Creek Mine
Grassy Creek
Greasy Creek Occurrence (Jenkins Prospect)
Green's Mine (George Green Mine)
Griffin Mine
Grindstaff Mine
Guy Mine
Hawkins Mine
Henline Mine
Henredon Quarry
Hickey Mine
Higgins Mine
Hoppus Mine
Horton Rock Mine
Howells Feldspar Mine
Hughes Prospect
Jake Buchanan Mine
Jase Mine
Jeff Howell Mine
Jeff Sparks Mine
Jim Conley Mine
Jimmy Cut Mine
John Hall Mine
Johnson Mine
Julie Herrell Prospect
Klondike Mine
Kona Black Quarry (Boone Quarry)
Landers Mine
Laster Mine
Ledger Prospect
Lick Ridge Mine
Lissie Smith Mine
Little Rock Creek Occurrence
Luke Lewis Mine
Luther Willis Mine
Marion
Marv Green Mine
Mary Pitman Mine
McChone Mine
McClellan Mine
McNeal Mine
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10126584)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10126655)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10126985)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10127056)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10127302)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10151623)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10152089)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10152120)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10199625)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10199643)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10208344)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10232470)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10248715)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10249026)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10272796)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10273027)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10296575)
Mica Mine (MRDS - 10296881)
Miller Mine
Minpro
Mullins Laurel Mine
Murdick Mine
Nanney Mine
No.12 Mine
Normon Prospect
Number Twelve Mine
Pegram Mine
Penland Mine
Penland Occurrence
Peppers
Perrin Mine
Peterson Mine
Pine Mountain (Pine Mountain Mine)
Pink Mine
Pitman Rough Mine
Poteat Mine
Press Buchanan Mine
Putman Mica Mine
Queen Mine
Ralph Jarrett Mine
Randall Mine
Rebel Mine
Renfro Mine
Riddle Mine
Roan Mountain
Roan Mountain Prospect
Robert Miller's Farm Occurrence
Robert Phillips Mine (Old Susie Phillips Mine)
Sidney Mine
Sim Gouge Mine
Soapstone Branch Prospect
Soft Ridge Mine
Sol Mine
Spreadeagle Mine
Spruce Pine District
Sugar Dave Willis Mine
Sugartree Cove Mine
Thomas Mine (Black Bull Mine)
Tocane
Tommy Hole Mine
Unnamed Kaolin Mine [1]
Unnamed Kaolin Mine [10]
Unnamed Kaolin Mine [11]
Unnamed Kaolin Mine [2]
Unnamed Kaolin Mine [3]
Unnamed Kaolin Mine [4]
Unnamed Kaolin Mine [5]
Unnamed Kaolin Mine [6]
Unnamed Kaolin Mine [7]
Unnamed Kaolin Mine [8]
Unnamed Kaolin Mine [9]
Wadkins Branch Occurrence (Pumpkin Patch Mountain Deposit)
Waterhole Mine (George Howell Mine)
Westall Mine
Whitehall Mine
Wildcat Mine
Williams Mine
Willis Mine
Wilson Mine
Wise Mine (Spruce Pine; Olivine)
Wiseman-Sullins Quarry
Wolfden Mine
Yelton Prospect

Latitude: 35°56'12"N
Longitude: 82°6'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.936666666667,-82.115

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cd Ce Cr Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O S Si Sn Ta Ti U Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteAutuniteAxiniteBeryl
CalciteChalcopyriteChevkiniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
ElpiditeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMeta-autunite
MicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePhosphuranylitePyritePyrophyllite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSchoepiteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
TalcTitaniteTopazTourmalineWollastoniteWurtziteWölsendorfiteZircon

122 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Beryl  (*)Böhmite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calciosamarskite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Churchite-(Y)  (*)Clarkeite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Edenite  (*)
Elpidite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)
Fluor-dravite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fourmarierite  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gedrite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Halloysite-7Å  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metaschoepite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Metavandendriesscheite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pargasite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Petalite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schoepite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Schröckingerite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stevensite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vandendriesscheite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Voglite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wölsendorfite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)23673652252016,2521113419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)36736523251777,251778,251791,251805,251820,251913,251922,251931,251945,251954,252024,252029,252072,252088,252091,252109,252110,252111,252113,252114,252117,252120,2521218803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3673651252109706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)336736514251771,251778,251818,251921,251998,252106,252109,252110,252111,252114,252117,252119,252120,2521242353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)63673651252105966
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312517911534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)184636501036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22252016,252129718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)36736512521063250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6184636502060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O36736518251805,251913,251925,251934,251938,251985,251998,252006,252029,252086,252091,252109,252110,252114,252117,252121,252122,2521241272
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2367365125212188
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O3673653251913,251999,25211792
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1836736523251779,251784,251791,251797,251799,251818,251913,251921,251925,251929,251936,251940,251962,252001,252013,252049,252085,252088,252105,252110,252111,252117,2521214286
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)1251783195
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43673652252090,2521215516
Calciosamarskite  (*)Columbite(Ca,Fe,Y)(Nb,Ta,Ti)O41846365011
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12519131184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2184636505171
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)218463650309
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23673653251954,252090,25212127198
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)2367365125202089
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43673653252016,252104,2521293902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O36736512520913531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41252129951
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O367365125211770
Clarkeite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)O(OH)·nH2O3673657251913,251921,251999,252091,252114,252117,25212118
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812518011756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3673658251778,251801,251922,252091,252109,252111,252120,2521211025
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O63673653251820,252117,252121518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O63673652252088,252121289
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1836736512521111008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3184636501797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS36736512521214165
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)218463650327
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1251783481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63251770,251771,2518014135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212519179895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18463650648
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)22251770,251771160
Elpidite  (*)ElpiditeNa2ZrSi6O15·3H2O1846365050
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O618463650944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)36736514251770,251771,251801,251816,251913,252024,252025,252058,252072,252082,252083,252113,252117,2521218173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O63673651252121414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO43673653252020,252117,252121196
Fluor-dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F36736512521118
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3673655251778,251791,251797,251805,2521222740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23673652252088,2521119617
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O3673652251820,25210561
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O43673655251820,252084,252090,252109,252114445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS367365125212124243
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)218463650178
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31251783504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)36736512521147437
Graphite  (*)NoneC12517912812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3673651252121717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312518011544
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4367365125210752
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33673653252110,252114,25212114640
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1251774341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33251770,251771,2519255433
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O61251801154
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)436736523251795,251798,251914,251923,251925,251935,252042,252064,252066,252067,252095,252117,252131,252132,252133,252134,252135,252136,252137,252138,252139,252140,2521415591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O3673653251913,251999,252117198
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO43673656251776,251778,251791,252070,252074,2521051507
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2252129,2521501487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43673655251791,251816,252110,252111,25211414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23673652252109,25212112537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O3673652251797,252114388
Metaschoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)8O2(OH)12·10H2O1846365017
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O3673653252003,252109,252120443
Metavandendriesscheite  (*)NonePbU7O22·nH2O36736512520202
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)36736517251778,251784,251791,251797,251914,251931,251985,252001,252088,252091,252109,252110,252114,252117,252120,252121,2521244924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212520125800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)3673653251820,252091,252121945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12519251508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2367365151251765,251777,251778,251779,251784,251786,251787,251788,251789,251791,251795,251797,251798,251799,251802,251810,251818,251820,251821,251822,251824,251825,251826,251827,251913,251915,251919,251920,251922,251923,251925,251928,251930,251931,251932,251935,251936,251940,251941,251942,251945,251947,251949,251954,251955,251957,251961,251962,251983,251987,251989,251991,251992,251997,251998,251999,252001,252004,252005,252006,252007,252008,252009,252013,252014,252015,252017,252022,252023,252024,252025,252026,252027,252028,252029,252030,252031,252032,252033,252034,252035,252036,252037,252038,252039,252040,252042,252043,252044,252045,252046,252047,252051,252052,252053,252054,252055,252056,252057,252058,252059,252060,252061,252062,252063,252064,252065,252066,252067,252068,252069,252070,252071,252072,252073,252074,252075,252076,252077,252078,252079,252080,252081,252082,252083,252084,252086,252088,252090,252091,252094,252095,252101,252102,252106,252109,252110,252111,252113,252114,252115,252117,252118,252120,252121,252124,252126,252127,252143,252144,25215217380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O3673652251801,252020471
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O62251770,251771229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O36736520251805,251814,251925,251952,251954,251998,252024,252031,252062,252084,252086,252087,252090,252091,252108,252109,252120,252121,252123,2521242994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3673655251778,251913,252113,252117,2521232349
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3673653252020,252090,252109144
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)22251770,251771313
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO318467811252010495
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O103673651252088124
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23673652251805,2521112273
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O2251791,251913182
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O3673651252088140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS236736516251824,251947,251954,252005,252013,252031,252052,252072,252077,252082,252083,252084,252111,252114,252121,25214339462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)218463650771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83673653252072,252121,2521439056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2367365133251765,251770,251771,251777,251778,251779,251784,251786,251787,251788,251789,251791,251795,251797,251798,251799,251801,251809,251810,251818,251820,251821,251822,251824,251825,251826,251827,251915,251919,251920,251922,251923,251925,251927,251928,251930,251931,251932,251935,251936,251940,251941,251945,251947,251949,251952,251957,251961,251962,251983,251987,251989,251991,251992,251997,251998,251999,252001,252004,252005,252007,252008,252009,252013,252014,252015,252017,252022,252023,252024,252025,252026,252028,252029,252030,252031,252032,252033,252034,252035,252036,252038,252039,252040,252042,252043,252044,252045,252046,252047,252050,252051,252052,252054,252055,252057,252062,252064,252066,252067,252068,252070,252071,252072,252073,252074,252075,252076,252077,252078,252080,252081,252082,252083,252087,252090,252095,252102,252106,252109,252110,252111,252113,252117,252118,252120,252121,252124,252126,252127,252143,252144,25215261156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)23673651252118375
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O1018463650312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23251770,251771,2518015614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O83673658251799,251925,251936,251999,252029,252114,252117,252121353
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O18463650301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3673652252012,2521214894
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6367365125211494
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3673652252088,2521112705
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O18463650128
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33673655251936,252072,252090,252111,2521171214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3673652252031,25212121482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O63673653251799,251962,252088688
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)2125180357
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23673652252016,2521043337
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O63673651252110211
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3673655251770,251771,251801,252111,2521214899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F236736512520881476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O3673659251931,251998,252029,252087,252091,252109,252120,252121,2521241059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212520162562
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)22251770,25177173
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO236736515251913,251921,251934,251999,252029,252090,252091,252092,252105,252110,252113,252114,252117,252121,2521222718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O36736513251818,251913,251921,251936,251998,251999,252091,252109,252114,252117,252120,252121,252122890
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O3673654251820,252020,252117,25212152
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O36736514251820,251824,251826,251922,251927,251987,252014,252027,252042,252046,252053,252062,252063,252071652
Voglite  (*)NoneCa2Cu(UO2)(CO3)4·6H2O184636507
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312517761247
Wölsendorfite  (*)WölsendorfitePb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O3673653251913,251999,25211743
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)3673651252111939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3673658251771,251801,251913,251922,252111,252114,252117,2521215251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)36736528251805,251818,251824,251913,251921,251923,251941,251989,251997,251998,251999,252002,252003,252023,252025,252027,252030,252031,252033,252039,252072,252090,252092,252110,252111,252113,252121,2521221025



9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
USGS-Rb-Sr-06038184617841815±31Rb-Sr whole rock     250347Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06039184617841815±31Rb-Sr whole rock     250347Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06040184617841815±31Rb-Sr whole rock     250347Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06044833781807±26Rb-Srage of metamorphic crystallizationwhole rock     250347Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06046833781807±26Rb-Sr whole rock     250347Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06047833781807±26Rb-Sr whole rock     250347Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06048833781807±26Rb-Sr whole rock     250347Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06049184617841815±31Rb-Sr whole rock     250347Roan Mountain, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
Bradley_2012_164367365366±1U/Pb zircon   Zircon  49771McHone Mine Pegmatite, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USAMcHoneMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R040154Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R040154
R070683Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070683


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