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Locality Name:
Bessemer City Quarry, Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 100705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-100705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bessemer City Quarry, Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°20'44"N
Longitude: 81°18'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.345555555556,-81.314722222222
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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Sn Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Sn Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChildreniteClayFeldsparGarnetMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileTourmalineVivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Dravite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Holmquistite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O0128
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2042
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O60688
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


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