Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Enoree Vermiculite District, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 99733
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99733.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Enoree Vermiculite District, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Allen No. 1 Mine
Brown No. 1 And No. 2 Mine
Canal Mine
Deshields No. 2 Mine
Dillard-Waldrep No. 3 Mine
Foster Mine
Fountain Inn No. 2 Mine
Freeman Casey Mine
Gideon Mine
Hanna No. 1; No. 2; No. 3 Mine
Hanna No. 5 Mine
Hines-Suber Mine
L. B. Casey
Lanford Central Mine And Southern Extension
Martin Mine
Mason No. 1 Mine
Mason No. 2 Mine
Meadows Mine
Poole No. 1 & No. 2 Mine
Poole No. 7 Mine
Rodger Casey Mine
Simmons Mine
Sumner Mine
Waldrep No. 2 And No. 4 Mine
Warren Dillard Mine
Watson Mine
Whitmore Mine
Yarbourough Mine
Young Mine

Latitude: 34°40'39"N
Longitude: 81°55'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.6775,-81.924166666667

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 Ca Fe H K Mg O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayFeldsparNonePyroxeneSmectite-vermiculiteTitanite

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Microcline  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O629264494,264495,264496,264497,264498,264499,264500,264501,264502,264503,264504,264505,264506,264507,264508,264509,264510,264511,264512,264513,264514,264515,264516,264517,264518,264519,264520,264521,2645222060
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)29264494,264495,264496,264497,264498,264499,264500,264501,264502,264503,264504,264505,264506,264507,264508,264509,264510,264511,264512,264513,264514,264515,264516,264517,264518,264519,264520,264521,2645224924
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O29264494,264495,264496,264497,264498,264499,264500,264501,264502,264503,264504,264505,264506,264507,264508,264509,264510,264511,264512,264513,264514,264515,264516,264517,264518,264519,264520,264521,2645224899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)229264494,264495,264496,264497,264498,264499,264500,264501,264502,264503,264504,264505,264506,264507,264508,264509,264510,264511,264512,264513,264514,264515,264516,264517,264518,264519,264520,264521,2645222562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O29264494,264495,264496,264497,264498,264499,264500,264501,264502,264503,264504,264505,264506,264507,264508,264509,264510,264511,264512,264513,264514,264515,264516,264517,264518,264519,264520,264521,264522652



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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