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Locality Name:
Kings Mountain District, Cherokee Co., South Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 99714
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99714.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kings Mountain District, Cherokee Co., South Carolina, USA": 73
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 73

Number of Child Localities: 73
Child Localities:
Allison Mine
Bar Kat Mine
Bolin Mine
Compton Mine
Dave Byers Manganese Pits
Dixon Mine
Dr. Campbell's Manganese Prospect
Eustis Mine
Gneiss Rock Quarry
Green Property - Northern Pit
Green Property - Southern Pit
Hardin Limestone Quarry
Jeff Martin Shaft
John Childers Barite Occurrence
Love Prospect
Manganese Mine
Perry Tin Prospect
Piedmont Springs Barite Occurrence
Silver Mine Ridge Gold Mine
Silver Mine Ridge Iron Mine
Silver Mine Ridge Silver Mine
Southern Mine
Unnamed Barite Mine Fl-125
Unnamed Clay Pit
Unnamed Clay Pit Fl - 072
Unnamed Clay Pits Fl - 056
Unnamed Clay Pits Fl - 057
Unnamed Clay Pits Fl - 066
Unnamed Clay Pits Fl - 073
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence Gl-102
Unnamed Gold Mine Fl-169
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 067
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 068
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 069
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 070
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 071
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 072
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 074
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 078
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 080
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 082
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 085
Unnamed Iron Ore Mine Gl - 090
Unnamed Iron Ore Occurrence Gl - 075
Unnamed Iron Ore Occurrence Gl - 088
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Fl - 154
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Fl - 155
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 066
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 079
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 081
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 083
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 084
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 086
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 087
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 048
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 049
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 050
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 052
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 053
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 055
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Gl - 021
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Gl - 022
Unnamed Manganese Mine Fl - 059
Unnamed Manganese Mine Fl - 060
Unnamed Manganese Mine Fl - 065
Unnamed Manganese Pits Fl - 067
Unnamed Manganese Prospect Fl - 063
Unnamed Manganese Prospect Fl - 070
Unnamed Manganese Prospect Fl - 071
Unnamed Pyrite Prospect Fl - 064
Wallace Gold Mine
Westbrook Limestone Quarry
Wyatt Mine

Latitude: 35°5'57"N
Longitude: 81°29'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.099166666667,-81.492222222222

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Sn Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayCopperCorundumGarnetMicaNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Ottrélite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3263917,263921,26392611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2263925,26397427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212639205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22263922,26392527198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126397424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu9263904,263906,263909,263911,263918,263925,263934,263974,26397630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC8263958,263959,263960,263961,263962,263963,263964,2639652812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O324263923,263924,263935,263936,263937,263938,263939,263940,263941,263942,263943,263944,263945,263946,263947,263948,263950,263951,263952,263953,263954,263955,263956,26395714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312639255433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O438263908,263910,263913,263914,263916,263922,263923,263924,263925,263935,263936,263937,263938,263939,263940,263941,263942,263943,263944,263945,263946,263947,263948,263950,263951,263952,263953,263954,263955,263956,263957,263966,263967,263968,263969,263970,263971,26397214899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)223263931,263932,263935,263936,263937,263938,263939,263940,263941,263942,263943,263944,263945,263946,263947,263948,263950,263951,263952,263953,263954,263955,26395717380
Ottrélite  (*)ChloritoidMn2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)219263935,263936,263937,263938,263939,263941,263942,263943,263944,263945,263946,263947,263948,263951,263952,263953,263954,263955,26395759
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)28263958,263959,263960,263961,263962,263963,263964,2639652273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217263904,263905,263906,263911,263922,263924,263925,263958,263959,263960,263961,263962,263963,263964,263965,263973,26397439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212263908,263910,263913,263914,263916,263966,263967,263968,263969,263970,263971,2639723106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214263908,263910,263913,263914,263916,263925,263966,263967,263968,263969,263970,263971,263972,26397461156
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312263908,263910,263913,263914,263916,263966,263967,263968,263969,263970,263971,2639721214



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