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Locality Name:
Goldville District, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama, USA


mindat Locality ID: 65646
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65646.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goldville District, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Birdsong Pits
Chisolm Prospect
Croft Pits
Duncan Prospect
Early Pits Mine (Ealy Pits)
Germany Pits Prospect
Goldfield Mine
Goldville Pits Prospect
Hawthorne Prospect
Houston Pits
Jones Pit
Log Mine (Tog Mine)
Lowe Mine (Hawthorne Mine)
Mahan Pits
Stone Pits Prospect
Tallapoosa Mine
Tine Burnett Lode Occurrence

Latitude: 33°2'40"N
Longitude: 85°48'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.044444444444,-85.814722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au Cu Fe H K O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzSphaleriteSulphur

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11285599052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Gold  (*)CopperAu15128549,128550,128551,128552,128553,128554,128556,128558,128559,128560,128561,128562,128563,128564,12856530554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311285615433
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211285615674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2112856117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22128559,12856139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811285619056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27128550,128552,128559,128560,128561,128564,12856561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2128557,1285612045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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