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Locality Name:
Elberton, Elbert Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elberton, Elbert Co., Georgia, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Chapman Mine
Commolli Quarry
Dawn Gray Quarry
Elberton Granite
H. H. Wilcox Property
Robin Blue Quarry
Unnamed Locality

Latitude: 34°7'0"N
Longitude: 82°51'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.116666666667,-82.866388888889
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 Be Ca F Fe H K Mg O Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylClayFeldsparFluoriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyroxeneQuartz
Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Beryl  (*)Fluorite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612015212060
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812015154286
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12015171271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4120151914899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2120151517380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212015171898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2120151561156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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