Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Meeper Mine, Pisgah National Forest, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meeper Mine, Pisgah National Forest, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Tourmaline
Zircon

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 B Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na O P Si Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na O P Si Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Clay Feldspar Garnet Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Quartz Tourmaline
Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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