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Locality Name:
Cullowhee, Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 285651
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285651.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cullowhee Mine

Latitude: 35°15'46"N
Longitude: 83°9'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.262777777778,-83.154722222222
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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCovelliteEpidoteMalachiteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTalc

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gahnite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212509953419
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21250995718
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612509952060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212509955509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)125099511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412509955516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125099527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12509955707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125099527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12509954165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12509952970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12509958173
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41250995445
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4125099514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2125099512537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125099517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125099539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812509959056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125099561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS125099521482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212509953337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12509951101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212509952562


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