Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Edgefield Co., South Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 99717
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99717.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Edgefield Co., South Carolina, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Boles Occurrence (Strom Mountain; Boles Mtn Andalusite Deposit)
Edgefield Granite Quarry
Edgefield Shale Pit
Faulkner Mountain Pyrophyllite Prospect
Landrum Mine
Long Cane Road Prospect
McCormick Quarry (Carolia Quarries Inc.; Satterfield Construction Company)
Quattlebaum Mine (Southern Gold Mine)
Satterfield Construction Granite Quarry
Turkey Creek (Agusta Sand And Gravel Company; Turkey Creek Mine; Turkey Creek Shale Pit; Guignard Brick Works; Merry Land & Investment Company)

Latitude: 33°55'10"N
Longitude: 82°'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.919444444444,-82.008888888889

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.

Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Spinel

Andalusite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	264067	1310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	264074	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	264070	376
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	264067	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	264067	481
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	264071,264072,264074	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	264074	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	264067	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	264074	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	264070	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	264074	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	264067,264070	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	264070,264072	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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