Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hot Springs Barite District, Madison Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 68452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hot Springs Barite District, Madison Co., North Carolina, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Betts Sandy Bottom Property (Betts Mine; And Gillespie Mine; Rollins Chemical Company Mine; Includes The Nettie Mine; Martha Mine)
Gahagan Mine
Long Mountain Mines
Mine Ridge Prospects
Stackhouse Mine (Defender Mine [included])
Unnamed Mn Mine

Latitude: 35°53'0"N
Longitude: 82°48'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.883333333333,-82.816111111111

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	251527,251528,251529,251530,251531	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	251527,251528,251530	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	251527,251528	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	251532	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	251527,251528,251529,251530,251531	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	251527,251529	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	251529	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	251527,251528,251530	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	251527,251528	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	251527,251528,251529	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	251532	312
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	251529	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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