Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Spartanburg Co., South Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 282
Youngest recorded age at locality: 276

mindat Locality ID: 99732
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99732.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spartanburg Co., South Carolina, USA": 66
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 63

Number of Child Localities: 34
Child Localities:
Alexander Sillimanite Prospect
Barber Sillimanite Prospect
Belk Mine
C. Casey Mine
Cherokee Springs Meteorite
Cowpens Mine
Deshields No. 1 Mine
E. W. Foster Prospect
Enoree Vermiculite District
Gideon Sillimanite Prospect
Grace Mine (W. R. Grace & Company; Lanford Mine; Spartingburg County Mines)
H. L. Shelton Deposit
Hammet Mine; Crocker Mine (Hamet's Mine; Crocker Mine; Hammet Mine)
Hanna Mine Number 5 (Hanna Pit)
Hanna No. 6 Mine
I. L. Tigert Prospect
Inman Quarry (Sloan Construction Company Inc.)
Johnson
Miller-Thompson Mine
Myers Mine
North Spartanburg
Pacolet Quarry (SE Div. Vulcan Materials Company)
Pelham Quarry
Poole Number 3 Mine
Providence Mine
Schumacher Mine
Spartanburg
Spartanburg County Mines
Spartanburg District
Stanley Adkins Prospect
Tyger River
Unnamed Granite Quarry (MRDS - 10081907)
Williams Prospect
Wolf & Tyger Placer (Worf & Tyger Placer)

Latitude: 34°48'44"N
Longitude: 81°59'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.812222222222,-81.995555555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Epidote
Feldspar	Iron	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*
Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	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 Au B C Ca Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diamond Epidote
Feldspar Iron Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Talc Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	264541	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	282	276	0		8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	282	276	0		1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			29	264494,264495,264496,264497,264498,264499,264500,264501,264502,264503,264504,264505,264506,264507,264508,264509,264510,264511,264512,264513,264514,264515,264516,264517,264518,264519,264520,264521,264522	2060
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	264545	4979
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	264489	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	282	276	1	264535	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	264541	1025
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	282	276	0		697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	264489,264542	4135
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	282	276	0		160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	264541,264542,264547	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	264526,264550	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	264534,264547	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	264489	1089
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	264545	265
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	264541	238
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄			1	264547	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	264547	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			29	264494,264495,264496,264497,264498,264499,264500,264501,264502,264503,264504,264505,264506,264507,264508,264509,264510,264511,264512,264513,264514,264515,264516,264517,264518,264519,264520,264521,264522	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	264490,264492,264525	17380
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	264545	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	264490,264541,264542,264549	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	264547	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	282	276	0		2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			2	264485,264486	1516
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	264489	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	282	276	1	264535	3337
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi			1	264489	116
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			30	264494,264495,264496,264497,264498,264499,264500,264501,264502,264503,264504,264505,264506,264507,264508,264509,264510,264511,264512,264513,264514,264515,264516,264517,264518,264519,264520,264521,264522,264541	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			29	264494,264495,264496,264497,264498,264499,264500,264501,264502,264503,264504,264505,264506,264507,264508,264509,264510,264511,264512,264513,264514,264515,264516,264517,264518,264519,264520,264521,264522	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	264489	1044
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			35	264494,264495,264496,264497,264498,264499,264500,264501,264502,264503,264504,264505,264506,264507,264508,264509,264510,264511,264512,264513,264514,264515,264516,264517,264518,264519,264520,264521,264522,264531,264532,264533,264537,264539,264549	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	264547	5251

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-04090	282	276	279±3	Rb-Sr			biotite							99578	Pacolet Quarry (SE Div. Vulcan Materials Company), Spartanburg Co., South Carolina, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr
	USGS-Rb-Sr-04091	282	276	279±3	Rb-Sr			whole rock							99578	Pacolet Quarry (SE Div. Vulcan Materials Company), Spartanburg Co., South Carolina, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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