Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lexington Co., South Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 99724
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99724.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lexington Co., South Carolina, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Adolphus Hite Kaolin Pit
Casparis Stone Quarry
Cayce Quarry (Ross Quarry)
Clamp Kaolin Pit
Columbia Pit East (Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp.; Columbia Works)
Congaree River
Corley Mill Rd Pit
Dixiana
Harleys Mill Pond
Hites Kaolin Pit (Corley Shale Pit; Lexington County Mines)
Hoyt-Hite Kaolin Pit
Lexington Company Clay And Shale Mines (Corley Shale Pit)
Lexington County Mine (MRDS - 10075792)
Lexington County Mine (MRDS - 10075793)
Lexington County Mine (MRDS - 10075794)
Lexington County Mines (Columbia Works; Corley Shale Pit; Hites Kaolin Pit; Guignard Brick Works)
Lexington County Mines (Sox Kaolin Mine; Sox Pit; Richtex Corp.)
Lexington Meteorite
Lexington Mine (Guignard Brick Works; Lexington Plant)
Marlowe Creek
Red Bank Creek
Ruffs Mountain Meteorite
Twelve Mile Creek
Unidentified Mine (MRDS - 10081964)
Unidentified Mine (MRDS - 10081981)
Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10081872)

Latitude: 33°56'47"N
Longitude: 81°11'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.946388888889,-81.192777777778

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.

Amorphous	Clay	Corundum	Iron	Kaolinite	None	Perovskite	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

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 C Cr Fe H Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Clay Corundum Iron Kaolinite None Perovskite Rutile Spinel Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Cohenite ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lechatelierite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	264327	77
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	264327	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	264315,264318,264330,264332	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	264327,264331	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	7	264310,264313,264319,264320,264326,264333,264334	5591
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂	1	264317	62
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	264315,264318,264330,264332	14899
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	264315,264330	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	2	264327,264331	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	264327,264331	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	264327,264331	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	264315,264318,264330,264332	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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