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Locality Name:
Newberry Co., South Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 287
Youngest recorded age at locality: 281

mindat Locality ID: 99726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99726.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Browns Quarry
Dickert Quarry (Swede Quarry)
Leitzey Quarry
Lester Prospect
Little Mountain Kyanite Occurrence
Newberry County Mine
Newberry Quarry (Unnamed Dimension Stone Quarry)
Topelo Mines (Tupelo Clay Mine; Newberry County Mines; Southern Brick Company)
Unnamed Granite Quarry (MRDS - 10089778)
Unnamed Granite Quarry (MRDS - 10089779)

Latitude: 34°16'53"N
Longitude: 81°34'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.281388888889,-81.577777777778

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.

Clay	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rutile

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 Ca Fe H O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rutile

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	264364	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	287	281	0		1271
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	264364	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	264364	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	264364	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	287	281	0		5614

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	USGS-Rb-Sr-04067	287	281	284±3	Rb-Sr			biotite							99426	Browns Quarry, Newberry Co., South Carolina, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr
	USGS-Rb-Sr-04068	287	281	284±3	Rb-Sr			whole rock							99426	Browns Quarry, Newberry Co., South Carolina, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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