Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 25960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bessemer City Quarry
LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation Of America Mine)
Martin Marietta Quarry

Latitude: 35°17'6"N
Longitude: 81°18'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.285,-81.310833333333

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	Arrojadite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beraunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite
Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet	Laueite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Roscherite	Rutile
Stewartite	Stilpnomelane	Strunzite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	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 As B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arrojadite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beraunite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Childrenite
Chlorite Clay Columbite Fairfieldite Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet Laueite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Olivine Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rockbridgeite Roscherite Rutile
Stewartite Stilpnomelane Strunzite Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*
Bavenite ()*	Beraunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Collinsite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Eosphorite ()*	Fairfieldite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Frondelite ()*	Herderite ()*
Heterosite ()*	Holmquistite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Kastningite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laueite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Matulaite ()*	Messelite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paravauxite ()*	Parsettensite ()*
Phosphosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*
Roscherite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Spodumene ()*	Strengite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Todorokite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	250573	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	250572,250573	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	250572,250573	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	250572,250573	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	250573	1272
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	250573	255
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	250573	136
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2	250572,250573	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	250572,250573	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	250573	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	250572,250573	5171
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	250573	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	250573	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	250573	1756
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	250573	38
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	250573	518
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Arrojadite	K(NaMn)CaNa₃AlMn₁₃(PO₄)₁₂(OH)₂	1	250573	26
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	250573	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	250572,250573	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	250573	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	250572,250573	128
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	250573	72
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	250572,250573	2740
Frondelite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Mn²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	250573	52
Herderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)F	1	250573	20
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	1	250573	204
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	250572,250573,250574	42
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	250572	367
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	1	250573	119
Kastningite ()*	Stewartite	Mn²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	250573	8
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	250572	1507
Laueite ()*	Laueite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	250573	70
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	250573	238
Matulaite ()*	None	Fe³⁺Al₇(PO₄)₄(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈(H₂O)₈·8H₂O	1	250573	10
Messelite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	250573	43
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	250573	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	250572	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	250572,250573	17380
Paravauxite ()*	Laueite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	250573	19
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O	1	250573	43
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	250573	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	250572,250573	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	250572,250573	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	250572,250573	1711
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	250573	206
Roscherite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₅Be₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	250573	22
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	250572,250573	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	250573	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	250572,250573	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	250573	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2	250572,250573	688
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	250573	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	250573	98
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	250573	99
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	250573	433
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	250572,250573	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	250573	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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