Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Buck Creek Mine (Cullakenee Mine), Buck Creek, Clay Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 8948
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8948.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buck Creek Mine (Cullakenee Mine), Buck Creek, Clay 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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Harmotome	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Beryl ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Corundum ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Kyanite ()*	Margarite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Preiswerkite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Vermiculite ()*	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: Al Ba Be Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Chlorite Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Harmotome Mica None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	290
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	168
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	75
Preiswerkite ()*	Mica	NaAlMg₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	14
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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