Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kershaw Co., South Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 99706
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99706.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kershaw Co., South Carolina, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 34
Child Localities:
Ancrum Ferry
Blaney Sand Plant
Camden Pit (Gray Quartz Quarry; Hershaw County Sand Company)
Carolina Diamond Gray Quarry
Carolina Mahogany No. 2 (Comolli Quarry No. 2)
Carolina Mahogany Quarry
Cassatt Kaolin Pit
Dekalb Mine
Diamond Gray Quarry (Comolli Granite Company)
Duncan Lakes Mine
Furr Trucking Company; Incorporated (Furr Trucking & Concrete Company; Kaolin Pit No. 1; Palmetto Brick Company)
Gadsden Mine (Kernshaw County Pits; Kershaw County Pits; Richtex Corporation; Eastern Brick And Tile Company)
Hines
J. T. Young Estate Occurrence
Julian Moore Mine
Kershaw County Mine (MRDS - 10075773)
Kershaw County Mine (MRDS - 10075774)
Kershaw County Mine (MRDS - 10075775)
Kershaw County Mines (Sericite Pit; Koon Pit; Mac Pit; Kernshaw No. 2 Mine)
Kershaw Quarry (Old Dekalb Granite; Sunrise Pink Quarry; Coggins Granite Industries)
Koon Clay Mine (No. 1 Mine)
Lamar Mine
Liberty Hill Quarry (Coggins Granite Industries)
Mac Mine (Carolina Ceramics Inc.; Mac Pit)
McCaskill Creek
Palmetto Granite Quarry (Midland Palmetto Quarry)
Palmetto Mine (Palmetto Brick Company; Kershaw County Mines)
Sarah Emmanual Prospect
Shale Pit (MRDS - 10080477)
Unidentified Clay Mine (MRDS - 10106213)
Unnamed Clay Pit (MRDS - 10081979)
Wateree River
Watson Mine
West Mine

Latitude: 34°18'31"N
Longitude: 80°40'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.308611111111,-80.672222222222

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Coffinite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Uraninite ()*	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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Titanite Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	0		566
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	264168,264192	8173
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		57
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	264182,264189,264195,264200	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	264168,264192,264199	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	264174,264180,264188,264197,264198	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	264168,264192	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	264168,264192,264199	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	0		244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	264168,264192	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	264168,264192	978
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	0		1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	264168,264192	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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