Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Locust, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 283265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283265.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Locust, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Reed Gold Mine (Reid Mine)

Latitude: 35°17'2"N
Longitude: 80°27'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.283888888889,-80.464444444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	249810	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	249810	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	249810	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	249810	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	249810	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	249810	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	249810	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	249810	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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