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Locality Name:
Laurens Co., South Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 283
Youngest recorded age at locality: 266

mindat Locality ID: 99723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99723.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laurens Co., South Carolina, USA": 61
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 39
Child Localities:
Abercrombie Mine
Ball Mine
Boyd-Whitmore Mine
Bradshaw
Brown Pit (W. R. Grace & Company; Construction Products Division)
Charles Waldrep
Clinton Mine (Patterson Vermiculite Company; Lauren County Mines; Patterson Mine; Laurens County Mine)
Cold Point Granite Company Quarry
Davis-Dewitt Mine
Enoree Vermiculite District
Entrekin Quarry
Ezell Mine
F. Waldrep Mine
Garlington Kiln
Gray Court No. 246 Quarry (SE Div. Vulcan Materials Company)
Hanna Mine Number 5 (Laurens County Mines)
Henderson Mine
Hudging Mine
Ivey Mine
Joanna Quarry (Lone Star Industries Inc.)
Kenneth Hanna Mine
Laurens Meteorite
Leonard
Maddens-Kernals
Master's Kiln
Mims Mine
Mt. Olive Prospect
North Rabon Creek
Number 8 Mine
Raeburn Creek Prospect (Rabon Prospect)
Raysors Kiln
Roper Mine
South Rabon Creek
Stribling Mine
Sumner Mine
Templeton Mine
Triston Mine
Verenes Tract
W. L. Patterson Mine

Latitude: 34°29'46"N
Longitude: 82°1'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.496111111111,-82.032777777778
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 C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P S Si Ti Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorrensiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
IronMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelTalcTitaniteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anatase  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hydrobiotite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)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)212642913419
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212642542162
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O626264245,264255,264256,264257,264258,264259,264260,264261,264262,264263,264264,264265,264266,264267,264268,264269,264270,264271,264272,264273,264274,264275,264276,264283,264290,2643012060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126429127770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412642543902
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312642541797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63264283,264290,2642914135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212642919895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2264294,2642998173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12642542740
Gold  (*)CopperAu2264293,26429630554
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O126425449
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32264294,2642995433
Iron  (*)IronFe12642881089
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O42264294,26429998
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43264288,264294,26429914899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)27264245,264255,264256,264257,264258,264259,264260,264261,264262,264263,264264,264265,264266,264267,264268,264269,264270,264271,264272,264273,264274,264275,264276,264283,264290,264291,2643014924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212642915800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126429117380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212642912273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2283266039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23264291,264294,26429961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23264254,264294,2642995614
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1264288374
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO528326601516
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1264288703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212642543337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O27264245,264254,264255,264256,264257,264258,264259,264260,264261,264262,264263,264264,264265,264266,264267,264268,264269,264270,264271,264272,264273,264274,264275,264276,264283,264290,2643014899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)226264245,264255,264256,264257,264258,264259,264260,264261,264262,264263,264264,264265,264266,264267,264268,264269,264270,264271,264272,264273,264274,264275,264276,264283,264290,2643012562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12642881044
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O45264245,264246,264247,264248,264249,264250,264251,264253,264254,264255,264256,264257,264258,264259,264260,264261,264262,264263,264264,264265,264266,264267,264268,264269,264270,264271,264272,264273,264274,264275,264276,264278,264279,264282,264283,264289,264290,264292,264298,264300,264301,264302,264303,264304,264305652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)4264254,264291,264294,2642995251


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
USGS-Rb-Sr-04073272266269±3Rb-Sr biotite     99336Cold Point Granite Company Quarry, Laurens Co., South Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-04074272266269±3Rb-Sr whole rock     99336Cold Point Granite Company Quarry, Laurens Co., South Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-04078283277280±3Rb-Sr whole rock     99346Gray Court No. 246 Quarry (SE Div. Vulcan Materials Company), Laurens Co., South Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 

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