Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Richland Co., South Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 312
Youngest recorded age at locality: 306

mindat Locality ID: 99730
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99730.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Richland Co., South Carolina, USA": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Branham Mine
Broad River Mine (Richtex Corp; Richland County Mines)
Carolina Ceramics Shale Pit
Cedar Creek Mine
Coleman Mine (Richtex Corp; Coleman Pit)
Colonels Creek
Columbia North Quarry
Columbia Quarry (Lipscomb Quarry; Palmetto Quarry; Morris & Company)
Columbia Quarry (Lone Star Industries Inc.)
Congaree River (Congaree River Sample 1)
Congaree River (Congaree River Sample 2)
Crane Creek Pit
Dreyfus Quarry (Lone Star Industries Inc.)
Duncan Lakes Mine
Green Hole
Harbison Mine
Harbison Quarry (SE Div. Martin Marietta Aggregates)
Haskell Clay Mine
Himnant Mine (Hinnant Mine)
Laborde Pit
Laborde Shale Prospect
McMeekin Shale Pit (Old Broad River Mine)
Mobley Road Shale Pit
Myers Creek
North Columbia Quarry (SE Div. Martin Marietta Aggregates)
Otter Lake
Richland County Mines (Carolina Ceramics Pit; Haskell Pit; Carolina Ceramics; Inc.)
Richtex Corp; Richland County Mines (Wesley Blizzard Pit; Richland County Mines)
Route U. S. 601
Stork Firebrick Works Pit
Sumters Landing
Taylor Mine (Taylor Clay Products Company; Richland County Mines)
Unidentified Clay Pit (MRDS - 10081883)
Unnamed Clay Pit (MRDS - 10089948)
Unnamed Shale Pit (MRDS - 10081878)
Unnamed Shale Pit (MRDS - 10081879)
Unnamed Shale Pit (MRDS - 10089919)

Latitude: 34°3'56"N
Longitude: 80°55'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.065555555556,-80.931944444444

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	Corundum	Epidote	Kaolinite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Staurolite	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: Al Ca Fe H O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Kaolinite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Spinel
Staurolite Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Epidote ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	264458,264463	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			7	264438,264442,264443,264456,264458,264461,264463	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			5	264437,264446,264462,264465,264466	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			2	264458,264463	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			7	264438,264442,264443,264456,264458,264461,264463	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	312	306	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			5	264438,264442,264443,264458,264463	5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			2	264458,264463	978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			5	264438,264456,264458,264461,264463	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	USGS-Rb-Sr-04065	312	306	309±3	Rb-Sr	minimum age of intrusion		biotite							99508	Harbison Quarry (SE Div. Martin Marietta Aggregates), Richland Co., South Carolina, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr
	USGS-Rb-Sr-04066	312	306	309±3	Rb-Sr	minimum age of intrusion		whole rock							99508	Harbison Quarry (SE Div. Martin Marietta Aggregates), Richland Co., South Carolina, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

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