Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oconee Co., South Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 425
Youngest recorded age at locality: 415

mindat Locality ID: 99727
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99727.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Amos L. Honeycutt Deposit
Bruce Doyle & Reedy Burns Prospects
Cochran Placer (Lawton Placer)
Cox Prospect
Flagstone Prospect
Henckel Mine
J. B. Smith Prospect
Jesse Lay Mine
John Dyer Prospect
Keith Deposit
Kuhtman Mine (Old Cheohee Mine)
Leroy Prospect
Marble Prospect (MRDS - 10129283)
Marble Prospect (MRDS - 10129491)
Marble Prospect (MRDS - 10177839)
Marble Prospect (MRDS - 10177917)
Marble Prospect (MRDS - 10275375)
Marble Prospect (MRDS - 10299057)
Marble Prospect (MRDS - 10299172)
Oconee Rock Quarry (Oconee County Rock Crusher; Oconee Quarry)
Parker Deposit
Pickens Prospect
Sitton Prospect
Sloan Placer
Unnamed Clay Prospect (MRDS - 10202494)
Unnamed Garnet Prospect (MRDS - 10129243)
Unnamed Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10177928)
Unnamed Silver Mine (MRDS - 10202644)
Unnamed Talc Prospect (MRDS - 10275312)
Walhalla Quarry (Carolina Quarries Inc. Satterfield Company; Jocassee Quarry)
Whitewater-Toxaway Placer

Latitude: 34°46'7"N
Longitude: 83°3'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.768611111111,-83.052222222222

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	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Fe H K O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*

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
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			9	264373,264374,264376,264378,264381,264392,264393,264394,264401	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	425	415	0		2812
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	425	415	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			5	264371,264372,264380,264382,264391	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	425	415	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	264372,264382	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	425	415	0		1516

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-04189	425	421	423±2	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99465	Walhalla Quarry (Carolina Quarries Inc. Satterfield Company; Jocassee Quarry), Oconee Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04190	421	415	418±3	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99465	Walhalla Quarry (Carolina Quarries Inc. Satterfield Company; Jocassee Quarry), Oconee Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04191	425	421	423±2	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99465	Walhalla Quarry (Carolina Quarries Inc. Satterfield Company; Jocassee Quarry), Oconee Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04192	421	415	418±3	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99465	Walhalla Quarry (Carolina Quarries Inc. Satterfield Company; Jocassee Quarry), Oconee Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04193	425	421	423±2	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99465	Walhalla Quarry (Carolina Quarries Inc. Satterfield Company; Jocassee Quarry), Oconee Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04194	421	415	418±3	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99465	Walhalla Quarry (Carolina Quarries Inc. Satterfield Company; Jocassee Quarry), Oconee Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04228	425	421	423±2	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99465	Walhalla Quarry (Carolina Quarries Inc. Satterfield Company; Jocassee Quarry), Oconee Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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