Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carroll Co., Georgia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 850

mindat Locality ID: 24050
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24050.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carroll Co., Georgia, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Bowdon Junction
Bremen
Brevard Zone
Burwell Station
Carrollton
Chambers Mine
Hixon (Hixon Lassetter; Hart)
J. L. Davis Property
Jones Mine (Jones Southern Klondyke Mine)
Lot 165
No. 3
Stacy Mine
Temple
Treadway Prospect
Villa Rica
Vine Mountain

Latitude: 33°40'27"N
Longitude: 85°'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.674166666667,-85.000555555556

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Corundum ()*	Enstatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Margarite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Garnet Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc

22 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			3	201049,201056,201065	3419
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	201070,201071	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	201070,201071	708
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	850	850	5	201041,201058,201064,201067,201068	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	201065,201070	951
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			5	201045,201049,201050,201056,201069	1797
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			4	201047,201065,201070,201071	944
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	201041	445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	201058	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			8	201048,201052,201053,201054,201055,201059,201066,201068	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	201073	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			2	201058,201069	1507
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂			3	201045,201049,201050	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	201041,201042,201058,201062	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	850	850	6	201041,201058,201061,201064,201067,201068	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	850	850	3	201064,201067,201068	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	201041,201043,201048,201058,201066,201068	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	201043	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	201041	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	850	850	4	201041,201064,201067,201068	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2	201061,201073	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			7	201047,201049,201051,201056,201065,201070,201071	3337

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-01048	850	850	Proterozoic										S	66898	Jenny Stone Deposit, Villa Rica, Carroll Co., Georgia, USA	Jenny Stone	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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