Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New Hanover Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 68.65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 62.73

mindat Locality ID: 47353
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47353.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Hanover Co., North Carolina, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Allied-Kennecott Titanium Corporation Occurrence
Castle Hayne
Ideal Cement Quarry
New Hanover Occurrence

Latitude: 34°16'18"N
Longitude: 77°52'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.271666666667,-77.869444444444

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.

Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Titanite
Vivianite

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 K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Titanite
Vivianite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vivianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	68.65	62.73	0		8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	68.65	62.73	0		27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	252289	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	68.65	62.73	0		8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	68.65	62.73	0		14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	68.65	62.73	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	68.65	62.73	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	68.65	62.73	1	252290	39462
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	68.65	62.73	0		4899
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	68.65	62.73	1	252290	636

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-02053	67.76	65.76	66.76±1	Rb-Sr	age of sedimentation	glauconite	41912	Ideal Cement Quarry, New Hanover Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02054	67.66	65.66	66.66±1	Rb-Sr	age of sedimentation	glauconite	41912	Ideal Cement Quarry, New Hanover Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02055	68.65	66.25	67.45±1.2	Rb-Sr	age of sedimentation	glauconite	41912	Ideal Cement Quarry, New Hanover Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02056	67.66	65.66	66.66±1	Rb-Sr	age of sedimentation	glauconite	41912	Ideal Cement Quarry, New Hanover Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02057	64.73	62.73	63.73±1	Rb-Sr		glauconite	41912	Ideal Cement Quarry, New Hanover Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02058	67.66	65.66	66.66±1	Rb-Sr	age of sedimentation	glauconite	41912	Ideal Cement Quarry, New Hanover Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02059	67.66	65.66	66.66±1	Rb-Sr	age of sedimentation	glauconite	41912	Ideal Cement Quarry, New Hanover Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02060	67.66	65.66	66.66±1	Rb-Sr	age of sedimentation	glauconite	41912	Ideal Cement Quarry, New Hanover Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02177	67.66	65.66	66.66±1	Rb-Sr	age of sedimentation	glauconite	41912	Ideal Cement Quarry, New Hanover Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

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