Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tallapoosa Mine (Waldrop Mine), Draketown Pyrite District, Haralson Co., Georgia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 550
Youngest recorded age at locality: 550

mindat Locality ID: 23667
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23667.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tallapoosa Mine (Waldrop Mine), Draketown Pyrite District, Haralson Co., Georgia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°51'1"N
Longitude: 85°4'60"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.850277777778,-85.083333333333

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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetradymite

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Diaspore Epsomite Malachite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetradymite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	550	550	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	550	550	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	550	550	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	550	550	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	550	550	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	550	550	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	550	550	7437
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	550	550	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	550	550	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	550	550	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	550	550	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	550	550	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	550	550	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	550	550	510

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-01050	550	550	Precambrian-Late Cambrian										S	23667	Tallapoosa Mine (Waldrop Mine), Draketown Pyrite District, Haralson Co., Georgia, USA	Tallapoosa	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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