Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Pyriton District, Clay Co., Alabama, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 65548
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65548.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pyriton District, Clay Co., Alabama, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Caldwell Prospect
County Rd 46
Dempsey
L & M Mining Association Mine
National Pyrite And Copper Company Mine (Sulfur Ore & Copper Company Mine; Alabama Mine)
Pyriton Area
Sewell Prospect (Southern Mineral Development Company)
Southern Sulfur Ore Company Mine (Montgomery Copper Mining Company; Carpenter Tract; Williams Mine)
Unnamed Locality

Latitude: 33°21'35"N
Longitude: 85°50'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.359722222222,-85.843333333333

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	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Actinolite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Malachite Marcasite
Mica None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	390	390	0		3419
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	390	390	0		4286
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	390	390	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	125659,125663,125664,125666,125667	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	390	390	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	125663,125664	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	390	390	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	390	390	0		24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	125664,125668	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	125660	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	390	390	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			6	125659,125662,125663,125664,125666,125667	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			5	125659,125663,125664,125666,125667	21482
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	390	390	0		1025

1 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
	vms-01008	390	390	Early-Middle Devonian										S	176657	Pyriton Area, Pyriton District, Clay Co., Alabama, USA	Pyriton	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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