Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Conrad Hill Mine (Dodge Hill Mine), Cid District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 590
Youngest recorded age at locality: 520

mindat Locality ID: 68541
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68541.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Conrad Hill Mine (Dodge Hill Mine), Cid District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°47'5"N
Longitude: 80°9'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.784722222222,-80.165277777778

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.

Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 Cu Fe H K O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	590	520	3092
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	590	520	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	590	520	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	590	520	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	590	520	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	590	520	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	590	520	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	590	520	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	590	520	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	590	520	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	590	520	6417

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
	Giersdorf_00000247	590	520	590-520							Yes				102615	Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson Co., North Carolina, USA	Carolina Slate Belt	Stein et al. (1997)		MDRE_313	Metavolcanic andesites and rhyolites with which the Au mines in the area are in contact.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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