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Locality Name:
Cartersville, Cartersville District, Bartow Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cartersville, Cartersville District, Bartow Co., Georgia, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Appalachian Manganese Mine
Bertha Mine
Dobbins Mine
Hebble Mine (Hebble Pit)
Ladd Lime And Cement Co. Quarry
Vulcan Materials - Bartow Quarry
Wyvern Station

Latitude: 34°10'41"N
Longitude: 84°45'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.178055555556,-84.765

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiaspore
GypsumLepidocrociteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Braunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Opal  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12005483250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)120054511547
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)0483
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120054827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212005489895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160243
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)0770
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120054939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22200544,2005513106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2120054961156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O103200546,200547,200551312



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