Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Forsyth Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 53246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Forsyth Co., North Carolina, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Forsyth County Meteorite
Kernersville
No. 421 Quarry
Piedmont Quarry
South Fork Quarry
Winston - Salem
Winston-Salem

Latitude: 36°4'3"N
Longitude: 80°14'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.0675,-80.235277777778

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Talc

Calcite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Variscite ()*

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 Mn O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	250556	27770
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0		944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	250556	8173
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	250554	504
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	250556	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	250555	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	250555	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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