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Locality Name:
Kings Mountain Mine (Catawba Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 351
Youngest recorded age at locality: 345

mindat Locality ID: 13859
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13859.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kings Mountain Mine (Catawba Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°10'0"N
Longitude: 81°20'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.166666666667,-81.333333333333
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteBismutiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparFluoriteKobellite
MalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Kobellite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)35134508803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe3513450489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35134509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235134505509
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)3513450716
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113513450843
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3513450925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2351345027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O35134503531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235134509895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235134509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS351345024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu351345030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC35134502812
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35351345087
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4351345014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2351345012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2351345017380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3351345067
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS335134501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2351345039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835134509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2351345061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO235134505614
Silver  (*)CopperAg35134505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS351345021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335134505317


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00021345345345  high   YesFootemineiteBe3280Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA Swanson (2012)10.3749/canmin.50.6.1589CM50_1589 
Bradley_2012_149351347349±2U/Pb columbite, tantalite  Yes  3280Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USAFooteMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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