Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Elmore Co., Alabama, USA

mindat Locality ID: 65574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elmore Co., Alabama, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Alabama River
Coosa River
Corn Creek
Elkhatchee Quartz Diorite
Elmore 1 Clay Prospect
Gober Pit Jenkins Brick Company (Gober Pit)
Gold Branch
Hanover Schist
Hillabee Pit No. 2
Jordan Dam Area
Kowaliga
Lake Jordan Area
Tallapoosa River

Latitude: 33°12'20"N
Longitude: 86°18'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.205555555556,-86.310277777778

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.

Alunite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Kaolinite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Staurolite

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 O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Clay Copper Feldspar Kaolinite None Not in a structural group Quartz Staurolite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Crandallite ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	0		310
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	126584	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	126578	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	126580	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	126589	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	126585	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	126588	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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