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Locality Name:
Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 99720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Barnett & Simmons Deposits
Beam Sillimanite Prospect
Boling Mine
Briggs Prospect
Caesar's Head Mine
Charles Brooks
Coke Cooper Prospect
Cureton Mine
Desoto Prospect
East View
Fountain Inn Prospect
Fred Cox Mine
Gillard Creek
Joe Darby Deposit
L. E. Stringer Prospect
Lakeside Quarry
McBee Placer (Carson's Gold Mine)
Placer Prospect 9-P
R. S. Berry Prospect
Sandy Flat Quarry (Sloan Construction Company Inc.)
Tiger
Tigerville Prospect
Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10081946)
Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10089942)
Vulcan Materials Company South Quarry (Lakeside Quarry; SE Div. Vulcan Materials Company)
W. F. Holloway & J. J. Brown Prospects
Waldrop
Westmoreland Mine
Wild Cat Mine
Will Cleveland Prospect
Willimon Mine (Willum Mine)

Latitude: 34°50'1"N
Longitude: 82°21'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.833611111111,-82.353611111111
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 B Be C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ti Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylClayColumbiteCopperFeldsparKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteTourmalineZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anorthite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Edenite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212641292162
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)20160
Gold  (*)CopperAu7264110,264114,264115,264118,264124,264135,26413630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44264113,264126,264137,2641385591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO42264117,2641381507
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20238
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211264107,264109,264111,264113,264119,264121,264122,264126,264133,264137,26413817380
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)60121
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24264109,264113,264126,26413861156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21264129375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52264108,2641171516
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12641295251


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