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Locality Name:
Fanny Gouge Mine (Spruce Pine Mica Company No. 10 Mine), Micaville, Celo, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 5726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fanny Gouge Mine (Spruce Pine Mica Company No. 10 Mine), Micaville, Celo, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°52'0"N
Longitude: 82°11'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.866666666667,-82.183333333333
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb Si U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb Si U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteCalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMica
NoneQuartzSchoepiteWölsendorfiteZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Clarkeite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fourmarierite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Wölsendorfite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Clarkeite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)O(OH)·nH2O018
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O061
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O0198
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Wölsendorfite  (*)WölsendorfitePb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O043
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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