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Locality Name:
Saluda Co., South Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 99731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saluda Co., South Carolina, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Abney Clay Pit
Bauknight Shale Pit
Clouds Creek Pluton
Cromley Mine
Culbreath Mine
Hopkins Shale Pit
Mountain Creek Prospect
Padgette Shale Pit
Saluda County Mine (MRDS - 10075820)
Saluda County Mine (Southern Brick Company; Saluda Mine)
Saluda River Mine (Southern Brick Company; Saluda Mine; Saluda County Mines)
Whittle Quarry
Yarborough Mine

Latitude: 34°4'28"N
Longitude: 81°47'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.074444444444,-81.795
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutile
SpinelTitaniteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cordierite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12644738803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512644731310
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12644731036
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)126447311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126447327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22264473,26447527198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812644731756
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812644731008
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12644738173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12644732740
Gold  (*)CopperAu2264475,26447730554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32264473,2644745433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412644735591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42264473,26447514899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22264473,26447417380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1264475633
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23264473,264475,26448339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23264473,264474,26448361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212644735614
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2126447392
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12644734899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12644735251


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