Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Catawba Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catawba Co., North Carolina, USA": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Abernathy Long Cut Mine
Abernathy Water Mine
Anderson Mountain District
Bessie Hudson Mine
Bowman Mine
Catawba Quarry
Catawba-Iron Station-Newton Occurrence
Clay-Shale Pit (MRDS - 10099890)
County Home Prospect
Drum Mine
Drums Crossroads
George Bartlett Mine
George P. Young Mine
Hefner Mine
Hickory
Hop Creek Rutile Occurrence
Jonas Prospect
Killian Mine
Mackie Tract Mine
Maiden
Moose Mine
Newton
Ormond Mine
Peach Tree Mine
Sigmon Mine
Smithwick Prospect
Speagle Prospect
Tallant Prospect
Terry Mine
Wike Prospect
Williams Mine
Withers Prospect
Wyant Prospect

Latitude: 35°39'22"N
Longitude: 81°14'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.656111111111,-81.249722222222

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Apophyllite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Heulandite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Staurolite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Alunogen ()*	Ankerite ()*
Asbolane ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 B Be C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P S Si Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Apophyllite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Heulandite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Staurolite Talc Titanite Tourmaline

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	249904	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	249937	2353
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	0		272
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	249937	3092
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	249950	143
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	249937	161
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	7	249917,249918,249922,249923,249928,249953,249957	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	249915,249935,249937	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	249917,249937	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	249935,249937	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	249937	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	249937	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	249915,249951	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	249925	2812
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	249945	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	10	249905,249907,249908,249910,249911,249912,249913,249914,249916,249936	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	249937	246
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	1	249937	85
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	249937	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	249937,249939,249941	5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	1	249937	99
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	11	249902,249903,249923,249926,249929,249947,249952,249955,249956,249957,249959	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	249935,249937	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	12	249905,249906,249907,249908,249909,249911,249912,249913,249914,249915,249916,249937	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	249937	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	249937	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	249937	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17	249902,249903,249923,249926,249927,249937,249939,249942,249947,249952,249954,249955,249956,249957,249958,249959,249960	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249937	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	249937	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	249937	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	249903,249915,249918,249922,249923,249926,249928,249935,249937,249939,249942,249947,249952,249953,249955,249957	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	249937,249941	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	249937	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	249937	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	249955	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	249937	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	5	249918,249922,249923,249928,249953	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	249925,249949	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	249937	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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