Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 5494
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5494.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°53'9"N
Longitude: 82°16'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.885833333333,-82.278888888889

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Autunite	Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tapiolite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*
Chrysoberyl ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hafnon ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*
Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H Hf K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ta Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H Hf K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ta Ti U W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Autunite Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Tapiolite Tourmaline Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	321
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	518
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Hafnon ()*	Zircon	Hf(SiO₄)	11
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	99
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	88
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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