Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Chester Co., South Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 51939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chester Co., South Carolina, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chesterville Meteorite
Great Falls
Peay Mine
Unidentified Clay Mine (MRDS - 10080458)
Unidentified Granite Quarry (MRDS - 10089775)
Unidentified Granite Quarry (MRDS - 10106211)

Latitude: 34°38'42"N
Longitude: 81°4'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.645,-81.08

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.

Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Iron	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Prehnite	Quartz

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Iron None Not in a structural group Perovskite Prehnite Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Cohenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Iron ()*	Laumontite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	264001	77
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	264002	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	264003	30554
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	264001	1089
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	264002	1271
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	264002	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	264001	374
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	264001	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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