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:
Beaufort Co., South Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 99708
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99708.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beaufort Co., South Carolina, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Coosa District
Hilton Head Island
Unnamed Clay Pit (MRDS - 10081892)

Latitude: 32°56'27"N
Longitude: 80°47'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.940833333333,-80.794444444444

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.

Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Kaolinite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Staurolite	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 C Ca Fe H Mg Na O P Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Kaolinite None Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Staurolite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	263779	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	263780	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	263780	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	263781	5591
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	263780	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	263780	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	263779	1508
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	263779,263780	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	263780	5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	263780	978
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	263780	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	263780	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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