Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chatham Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 51937
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51937.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chatham Co., North Carolina, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Brickhaven Clay Mine
Carolina Slate Belt
Chatham Brick Mine
Chatham County Copper Belt
Chestnut Hill Quarry
Clay-Shale Pit (MRDS - 10272456)
Cumnock Mines
Evans's Mine
Farmville
Goldston Quarry
Ground Mine
Gulf Mine Chatham Brick Mine
Hugh Phillips Prospect
New Hope Quarry
Ore Hill Prospect
Pittsboro
Pittsboro Quarry
Roads Prospect
Shale-Clay Pit (MRDS - 10199715)
Siler City Quarry
Snow Camp
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10055264)

Latitude: 35°38'21"N
Longitude: 79°17'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.639166666667,-79.292222222222

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Dufrénite	Epidote	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Corundum ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dufrénite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Halite ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Dufrénite Epidote Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Talc Titanite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	249969	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	249964,249969,249973,249974	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	249972,249974	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	249964,249969,249972,249973,249974	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	249969,249972,249973,249974	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2	249979,249994	376
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	0		139
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	249969,249973,249974,249976	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	249965	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	249965,249971,249973,249974,249979	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	249988	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	249964,249969,249971,249973,249974	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	249986,249994	17380
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	249976	260
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	0		369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	249969,249972,249973,249974	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	249979,249994	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	249964,249966,249969,249970,249971,249972,249973,249974,249988,249994	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	0		312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	249980	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249986	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	249976	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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