Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Webster-Balsam, Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 460
Youngest recorded age at locality: 460

mindat Locality ID: 57861
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57861.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Webster-Balsam, Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Adams Mine
Addie Olivine Deposit (Mayland Stone)
Balsam Gap Olivine Deposit
Cane Creek Olivine Deposit
Caney Fork
Dark Ridge Olivine Deposit
Middleton Olivine Deposit
Webster Peridotite Deposit (Webster Chromite Prospects; Webster Deposit)
Webster-Addie Ultramafic Ring Dike

Latitude: 35°22'33"N
Longitude: 83°8'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.375833333333,-83.142222222222

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	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Olivine
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Edenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Népouite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Mica None Olivine
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	251145	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	460	460	0		966
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	251137,251139	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	460	460	4	251137,251138,251142,251145	708
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	460	460	6	251137,251138,251139,251142,251144,251145	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	460	460	2	251138,251142	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	251145	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			2	251141,251145	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	460	460	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	251137	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	251145	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	460	460	4	251138,251139,251142,251145	944
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	460	460	0		371
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	460	460	0		1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	460	460	0		7437
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	460	460	0		52
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	460	460	0		5591
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	460	460	0		359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			1	251145	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	251145	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	251138	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	251136	17380
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	251145	66
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	251145	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	251136,251145	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	251145	241
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	460	460	7	251137,251138,251139,251142,251143,251144,251145	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	251137,251145	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			3	251137,251139,251144	652

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	podchrome-01107	460	460	Ordovician										Cr	100984	Dark Ridge Olivine Deposit, Webster-Balsam, Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA	Dark Ridge	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050070	Webster Peridotite Deposit (Webster Chromite Prospects; Webster Deposit), Webster-Balsam, Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA	https://rruff.info/X050070

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