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Locality Name:
McCormick Co., South Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 68616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McCormick Co., South Carolina, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Abernathy And Kehaya/Dorn Mine
Dorn Mine
Jennings Mine
Link Mine/Smith (Young)
McCormick
Neill Mine (Neel Mine)
Parsons Mt. Area (Piedmont Mn Belt Prospect)
Plum Branch Quarry
Searl's Mine (Searles Mine)
Self Mine

Latitude: 33°55'20"N
Longitude: 82°18'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.922222222222,-82.313333333333
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeMelonite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTalcTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goldfieldite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12643532793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)126435311547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412643535516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12643535707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22264349,26435327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2264349,2643534165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212643539895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2264349,26435324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12643537437
Gold  (*)CopperAu7264349,264350,264351,264353,264354,264357,26435830554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13126435372
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3126435314640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1264353804
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212643535800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22264349,26435317380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21264353409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22264349,26435339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23264349,264353,26435461156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Silver  (*)CopperAg12643535186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2264349,26435321482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41264353337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212643533337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312643531803
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212643532562


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