Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wake Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24403
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24403.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wake Co., North Carolina, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Adam Mountain Prospects
Apex
Avon Privette Property
Barton's Creek
Carpenter Mine
Cary
Coburn Prospect
Garner Quarry
Holly Springs
Knightdale Quarry And Mill
Raleigh
Raleigh Quarry
Rolesville
Wake Forest
Wakefield Prospect

Latitude: 35°48'37"N
Longitude: 78°38'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.810277777778,-78.646388888889

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	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Harmotome	Kobellite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Asbolane ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eclarite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Graphite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Izoklakeite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kobellite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nuffieldite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Al B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Y Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Harmotome Kobellite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite
Tourmaline Zircon

48 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	252908	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	252911,252920	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	252911	2353
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	252910	143
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	252905,252911,252920	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	252926	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	252920	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	252920	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	252911,252920,252921	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	252911,252920	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	252904,252908	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	252908	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	252911,252920	9895
Eclarite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)Pb₉Bi₁₂S₂₈	1	252920	18
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	252908,252921	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	252911,252920	2740
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	252919	2812
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	252905	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	252908,252911	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇	1	252920	25
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	252920	784
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅	1	252920	87
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	252905	1271
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	252920	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	252908	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	252924	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	252911	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	252920	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	252904,252911,252912,252920,252924,252927	17380
Nuffieldite ()*	Kobellite	Cu_1.4Pb_2.4Bi_2.4Sb_0.2S₇	1	252920	32
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	252911,252924	2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	252908,252911,252920	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	252904,252911,252912,252920,252924,252927	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	0		312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	252908,252911,252920	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	252905	301
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	252908,252911,252920	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	252911,252920	6417
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	252904,252908	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	252920	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	252920	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110124	Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry (Superior Stone Quarry; Crabtree Quarry; Nello Teer Quarry), Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina, USA	https://rruff.info/R110124
R110044	Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry (Superior Stone Quarry; Crabtree Quarry; Nello Teer Quarry), Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina, USA	https://rruff.info/R110044
R110092	Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry (Superior Stone Quarry; Crabtree Quarry; Nello Teer Quarry), Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina, USA	https://rruff.info/R110092
R110088	Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry (Superior Stone Quarry; Crabtree Quarry; Nello Teer Quarry), Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina, USA	https://rruff.info/R110088

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