Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Burke Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4038
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4038.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burke Co., North Carolina, USA": 81
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 66

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
Blue Ridge District
Bridgewater
Brindletown
Brittain Prospect
Burkmont Prospect
Buzzard Roost Knob Prospect
Cannon Prospect
Chestnut Knob (Little Chestnut Mountain)
Double Branch Placer
Floyd Brittan Mine
Glen Alpine
Gneiss Quarry (MRDS - 10223815)
Grill Prospect
Hall Creek Placer
Hancock Placer
Haywood Hoyle Prospect
Henry Fork River
Henry Young Prospect
Hossfeld Prospect
Hudson Prospect
James C. Chapman Mine
Keller Prospect
Linville Falls
Linville Gorge
Linville Mountain
Lytle Prospect
Morganton
Newton Prospect
Noah Young Mine
Petche Gap
Quarry (MRDS - 10074568)
Reed Mine
Silver Creek
Silver Creek Placer
Smith Cliff Sillimanite Deposit
Smyrna
South Mountain District
Spake Prospect
Tweedy Mine
Unnamed Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10127171)
Unnamed Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10224051)
Wheeler Daniels Prospect
Yancey Prospect

Latitude: 35°42'33"N
Longitude: 81°42'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.709166666667,-81.708611111111

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	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Titanite
Tourmaline	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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn N Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Diamond Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Iron Kaolinite Malachite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Titanite
Tourmaline Zircon

69 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Antimony ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Corundum ()*
Daubréelite ()*	Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lead ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Niter ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Palladium ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Rutile ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Schorl ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Taenite ()*
Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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	249686	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	249686	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	249722,249733	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	249686	2162
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	0		363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	249711	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	6	249686,249687,249688,249722,249750,249755	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	249686	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	249722	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	249748	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	249725	1382
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	249686	3902
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	249687	518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	249686	1797
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	249683	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	249686	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	249686	520
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	249686	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	249686	8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	249685	196
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	249722	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	249726,249745	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	249723,249725,249729,249748	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	249678,249679,249680,249681,249685,249686,249693,249699,249700,249707,249721,249723,249724,249725,249728,249738,249740,249747,249748,249749,249751	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	249686	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	249686,249745	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	249686	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	249683,249717	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	249687,249698,249730,249731	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	249686	1507
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	0		192
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	249719	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	249686	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	249729	12537
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	7	249685,249696,249699,249703,249737,249739,249741	945
Montanite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₆·nH₂O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)	1	249686	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14	249686,249688,249689,249694,249698,249704,249705,249718,249722,249730,249731,249735,249756,249757	17380
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	249715	181
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	249686	2349
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	0		59
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	0		485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	249686,249711,249723,249725,249729,249748	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	249686,249753	341
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	249678,249685,249686,249687,249689,249694,249698,249705,249722,249723,249725,249730,249731,249735,249748,249756,249757	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	249725	312
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	1	249686	58
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	249686	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	249686	353
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	249686,249687,249722	2705
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	2	249683,249717	374
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	0		179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	249722	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	249686,249743	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	249725	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	249748	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	249687	688
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	249683,249717	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249686	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	249686	190
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	249686	510
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	249686	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	249686,249722	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	249686	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	249686	652
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	249686	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	249680,249686,249725	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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