Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 425
Youngest recorded age at locality: 415

mindat Locality ID: 99729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99729.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
B. E. Woodson Prospect
C. H. Ellis Prospect
Calhoun Placer
Davis Prospect
Easley
G. F. Fuller Deposit
Harvey Harper Prospect
Head Prospect
John Walker Prospect
Josie McMadden Deposit
Kirksey Prospect
Liberty Quarry (Beverly Quarry)
Mattie Falls Deposit
McComb Prospect
Meece Mine
Morgan Prospect
Murphrie Deposit
Robinson Prospects
Ross Morgan Prospect

Latitude: 34°48'11"N
Longitude: 82°43'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.803055555556,-82.7325

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.

Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Spinel	Talc

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz
Spinel Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	425	415	0		8803
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	425	415	0		8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	264415	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	264413,264425,264428	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	425	415	0		14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	425	415	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			16	264413,264414,264416,264418,264419,264420,264421,264422,264423,264425,264426,264427,264428,264429,264430,264431	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	264413,264416,264423,264425,264427,264428,264429	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	425	415	0		1516
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	425	415	0		3337

10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-04211	425	421	423±2	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99484	Liberty Quarry (Beverly Quarry), Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04212	420	416	418±2	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99484	Liberty Quarry (Beverly Quarry), Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04213	425	421	423±2	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99484	Liberty Quarry (Beverly Quarry), Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04214	421	415	418±3	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99484	Liberty Quarry (Beverly Quarry), Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04215	425	421	423±2	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99484	Liberty Quarry (Beverly Quarry), Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04216	421	415	418±3	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99484	Liberty Quarry (Beverly Quarry), Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04217	425	421	423±2	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99484	Liberty Quarry (Beverly Quarry), Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04218	421	415	418±3	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99484	Liberty Quarry (Beverly Quarry), Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04219	425	421	423±2	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99484	Liberty Quarry (Beverly Quarry), Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04220	421	415	418±3	Rb-Sr	whole rock	99484	Liberty Quarry (Beverly Quarry), Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

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