Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kings Mountain District, York Co., South Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 99737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kings Mountain District, York Co., South Carolina, USA": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 44
Child Localities:
Allison Prospect
Almathea Mine
Boheler Prospect
Bradley Place Mine
Carroll And Ross Mine
Cassady Mine
Castles Prospect
Darwin Mine
Ellis Mine
Faulkner Mine
Ferguson Mine
Granite Quarry
Hardin Mine
Henry Knob Mine
Horn Mine
Hull Prospect And Placer
La Peire Prospect
Leach Mine
Logan Mine
McCarter Mine
McCaw Iron Mine
McCaw Mine
McGill Mine
Patterson Mine
Piedmont Springs Barite Mine
Quinn Mine
Ramsay Mine
Ross Prospect
Ryan-Purcley Sillimanite Property
Scoggins Mine
Smith Mine
Unknown Au Mine
Unnamed Barite Mine Fl-114
Unnamed Barite Prospect Fl-027
Unnamed Gold Mine
Unnamed Gold Mine Fl-025
Unnamed Gold Prospect
Unnamed Gold Prospect Fl-021
Unnamed Gold Prospect Fl-022
Unnamed Granite Quarry Fl-039
Wallace Prospect
Wheat Mine
Wright Mine
Wyatt Mine

Latitude: 35°4'15"N
Longitude: 81°23'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.070833333333,-81.390833333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Lazulite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Sulphur
Tetradymite	Topaz	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Diaspore ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Topaz ()*
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: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Te Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Lazulite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Sulphur
Tetradymite Topaz Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	264613,264641	1036
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	264615,264626,264634,264635,264645	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	264609,264612	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	264602,264603,264606,264607,264609,264610,264623,264624,264632	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	264630	376
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	264630	481
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	264608	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30	264605,264606,264607,264608,264609,264610,264611,264612,264614,264616,264617,264618,264619,264620,264621,264623,264624,264625,264628,264631,264632,264633,264636,264637,264638,264639,264640,264642,264643,264644	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	264622,264623	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	264612	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	264615	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	264615,264630	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	264612,264615,264622,264623,264630	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	264613,264641	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	264609,264645	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	264613,264641	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	24	264603,264606,264607,264608,264609,264610,264612,264614,264615,264617,264618,264619,264623,264624,264625,264628,264629,264631,264632,264633,264636,264638,264642,264643	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	264615	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	264605,264608,264613,264623,264630,264641,264642,264645	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	264615,264630	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	264630	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	264616	5186
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	264630	2045
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	264617	510
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	264630	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	264615	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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