Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Union Co., South Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 99735
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99735.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bogan Mine
Gregory Quarry
Hyder Farm Quarry (Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry)
Jonesville
Mud Mine (Harman Mine)
Nott Mine
Ophir Mine (Fair Forest Mine; Thompson Mine)
Unnamed Feldpar Mine (MRDS - 10106314)
Vance
West Mine/Bogan Ophir (Dosey Bogan; Thompson; Fair Forest Ophir)

Latitude: 34°44'23"N
Longitude: 81°44'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.739722222222,-81.738611111111

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite

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 Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Lepidocrocite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Gold ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	264571	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	264565,264569,264570,264571,264574	30554
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	264568	581
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	264571	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	264568	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	264573	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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