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:
Meadows Mine, Enoree Vermiculite District, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 99574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meadows Mine, Enoree Vermiculite District, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°45'30"N
Longitude: 81°59'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.758333333333,-81.993333333333

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	Clay	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Titanite

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 Ca Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Feldspar None Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Titanite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Microcline ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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