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Locality Name:
Statesville, Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 5723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5723.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Statesville, Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Acme Corundum Mine (Collins Mine)
Cashion And Furchess Property
Superior Stone Company Quarry (Statesville Quarry)
Unnamed Amethyst Mine [1]
Unnamed Chromite Mine (MRDS - 10078677)
Unnamed Gneiss Quarry DL-005 (MRDS - 10106107)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10096496)
Unnamed Tin Prospect DI-001 (MRDS - 10096493)
W. A. Campbell Farm

Latitude: 35°48'32"N
Longitude: 80°50'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.808888888889,-80.845
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn Ti Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeFeldsparKaolinite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTitaniteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Corundum  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12509198803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125091927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212509245171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125091927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412509213902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312509171797
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu125092330554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)21250922223
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412509185591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412509191507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4125092114899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125092517380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125091939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25250918,250919,250920,250923,25092561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212509255614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12509194899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1250917652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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