Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ball Ground District, Cherokee Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 28997
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28997.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ball Ground District, Cherokee Co., Georgia, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ball Ground
Sharp Top

Latitude: 34°21'3"N
Longitude: 84°23'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.350833333333,-84.396666666667

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	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Staurolite	Talc	Tourmaline

Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*
Talc ()*	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 Au B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ti U W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Li O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Meta-autunite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Staurolite Talc Tourmaline

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	201144	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	201151	3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	201145	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	201145,201148,201152,201160	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	201145	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	201145,201151	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	201145	518
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	201145	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	201154,201155	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	201150,201151	30554
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	201153	209
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	201148	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	201144	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	201145	12537
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	201145	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	201145	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	201145,201148,201152,201160	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	201145,201151	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	201145,201151	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	201144,201145,201148,201151,201152,201153	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	201148,201157	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	201151	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	201145,201148,201156	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	0		688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	3	201144,201147,201158	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	201149	3337
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	201151,201153	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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