Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silver Hill Mine, Silver Hill, 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: 7918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Hill Mine, Silver Hill, Cid District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson Co., North Carolina, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
King's Mine
Washington Mine

Latitude: 35°42'22"N
Longitude: 80°12'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.706111111111,-80.2

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Cubanite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite
Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wavellite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stolzite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wavellite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Cubanite Devilline Diaspore Epidote Epsomite
Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Linarite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wavellite Wurtzite

46 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	590	520	0		2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	590	520	0		3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	590	520	0		2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	590	520	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	590	520	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	590	520	0		11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	590	520	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	590	520	0		27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	590	520	0		359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	590	520	2	250469,250470	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	590	520	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	590	520	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	590	520	0		27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	590	520	0		3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	590	520	0		4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	590	520	0		802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	590	520	0		2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	590	520	0		9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	590	520	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	590	520	1	250470	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	590	520	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	590	520	2	250469,250470	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	590	520	0		188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	590	520	0		1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	590	520	0		6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	590	520	0		1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	590	520	0		1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	590	520	0		987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	590	520	1	250470	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	590	520	0		1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	590	520	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	590	520	1	250470	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	590	520	0		39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	590	520	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	590	520	0		61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	590	520	0		312
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	590	520	0		4894
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	590	520	0		292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	590	520	2	250469,250470	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	590	520	1	250470	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	590	520	0		156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	590	520	0		1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	590	520	1	250470	510
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	590	520	0		2562
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	590	520	0		374
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	590	520	0		1025

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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