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Diamond Hill Quartz Mine, Antreville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USAi
Regional Level Types
Diamond Hill Quartz MineMine (Active)
AntrevilleCensus-designated Place
Abbeville CountyCounty
South CarolinaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 16' 13'' North , 82° 34' 26'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Active) - last checked 2017
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Lake Secession1,083 (2011)2.4km
Antreville140 (2011)4.7km
Iva1,278 (2017)9.1km
Lowndesville123 (2017)9.5km
Starr191 (2017)16.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
32910
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:32910:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Diamond Hill Quartz prospect


The Diamond Hill Quartz Mine/Prospect is located in the northwestern part of South Carolina, near the town of Antreville. The rock type at the prospect is a granitoid gneiss, formed by the metamorphism of the Antreville Pluton approximately 400 ma during the Ordovician (Jacquot and Karwoski, 2009, p. 66).

Later, the rock was fractured by tectonic fault movement along the Lowdnesville sheer zone and finally hydrothermal fluids moved through the fractures and deposited silica (Jacquot and Karwoski, 2009, p. 68).

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


9 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Acanthite
Formula: Ag2S
References:
Almandine
Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Cacoxenite
Formula: Fe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
References:
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
References:
Grossular
Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Habit: euhedral
Colour: orange red
Description: Orange-red grossular crystals found with epidote at the back of the site. The crystals were weathered and not gemmy.
References:
Curtis W Allen CollectionIdentified by Curtis W Allen: Visual Identification
'Limonite'
References:
'Manganese Oxides'
Native Silver
Formula: Ag
References:
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Amethyst
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
References:
Quartz var. Milky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Silver1.AA.05Ag
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Acanthite2.BA.35Ag2S
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Amethyst
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Milky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Cacoxenite8.DC.40Fe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Almandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Grossular9.AD.25Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Beryl9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Unclassified
'Limonite'-
'Manganese Oxides'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H CacoxeniteFe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
BeBeryllium
Be BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
OOxygen
O Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
O AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
O BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
O CacoxeniteFe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
O QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. Milky QuartzSiO2
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
AlAluminium
Al AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Al BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Al CacoxeniteFe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
Si AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Si BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Milky QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
P CacoxeniteFe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
SSulfur
S AcanthiteAg2S
CaCalcium
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
FeIron
Fe AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Fe CacoxeniteFe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
AgSilver
Ag AcanthiteAg2S
Ag Native SilverAg

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