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Locality Name:
Gaffney Area, Cherokee Co., South Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 99713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gaffney Area, Cherokee Co., South Carolina, USA": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 55

Number of Child Localities: 55
Child Localities:
Ballinger Farm Manganese Occurrence
Cameron Mine
Flint Hill Mine
Frank Earl Barite Mine
Gaffney Lime Company
Gaffney-Kings Mountain Manganese
Goudelock Mine
Headwaters Cole Creek Monazite Placer
Headwaters Irene Creek Monazite Placer
Lavender Place Barite Mine
Lockhart Mine
Love Springs Mine
Martin Place Barite Occurrence
Northern Triburary Cherokee Creek Monazite Placer
Northern Tributary Ross Creek Monazite Placer
Nott Mine
Otterson Limestone Quarry
Ross Mine
Sams Place Barite Prospect
Sarratt Creek Monazite Placer
Southern Trib Cherokee Creek Monazite Placer
Sucky Lockart Mine
Sullivan Farm Manganese Prospect
Tate Farm Manganese Occurrence
Thicketty Creek Limestone Occurrence
Thicketty Creek Monazite Placer Eastern Tributary
Unnamed Clay Pit Gl - 027
Unnamed Corundum Occurrence Gl - 048
Unnamed Furnace Rock Quarries Gl - 028
Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Gl-107
Unnamed Gold Placer Gl - 007
Unnamed Gold Placer Gl - 008
Unnamed Gold Placer Gl - 009
Unnamed Gold Prospect Gl - 006
Unnamed Graphite Prospect Gl - 044
Unnamed Graphite Prospect Gl - 045
Unnamed Graphite Prospect Gl - 049
Unnamed Graphite Prospect Gl - 051
Unnamed Graphite Prospect Gl-050
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Gl - 092
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Gl - 093
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Gl - 096
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Gl - 097
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 091
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 094
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 095
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 099
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 100
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Gl - 023
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Gl - 024
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Gl - 026
Unnamed Manganese Prospect Gl - 017
Unnamed Mica Prospect Gl - 052
Upper Cole Creek Monazite Placer
Welchels Deposit

Latitude: 35°4'49"N
Longitude: 81°37'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.080277777778,-81.630833333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldspar
GarnetMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SpinelStauroliteTetrahedriteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12638828803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4263833,263839,263842,26384811547
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO29263837,263838,263843,263844,263847,263849,263850,263855,2638835171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12638314979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22263831,26383227198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O39263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263855,263857,2638831797
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212638319895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2263831,26383924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12263831,263832,263836,263840,263841,263845,263851,263860,263861,263862,263863,26388430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC10263834,263835,263864,263865,263866,263867,263868,263878,263879,2638802812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O39263869,263870,263871,263872,263873,263874,263875,263876,26387714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O38263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263855,2638835433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO418263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263855,263864,263869,263870,263871,263872,263873,263874,263875,263876,263877,2638831507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412263830,263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263852,263853,263855,263881,26388314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2126383112537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213263833,263835,263837,263838,263843,263844,263848,263849,263850,263855,263857,263882,26388317380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)24263834,263878,263879,2638802273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210263831,263832,263834,263836,263845,263847,263851,263878,263879,26388039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO25263830,263835,263852,263853,2638813106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12638311725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82263831,2638479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220263830,263831,263832,263833,263835,263836,263837,263838,263841,263843,263844,263849,263850,263851,263852,263853,263855,263881,263882,26388361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO28263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263855,2638835614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12638316417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)35263830,263835,263852,263853,2638811214
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)8263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263855,263883978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312638315317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212638462562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)8263837,263838,263843,263844,263849,263850,263855,2638835251



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