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Locality Name:
Polk Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24385
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24385.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Polk Co., Georgia, USA": 100
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 92

Number of Child Localities: 62
Child Localities:
Albea And York Mine
Aragon District-A
Aragon District-B
Bobo District
Braswell Quarry
C. A. Wood Property
Cave Spring
Cave Spring Bauxite District
Cedartown
Charlie Fite Mine No. 1
Charlie Fite Mine No. 2 (C.D.Fite Property; Etna Property)
Clemmons Hill Mine
Deaton Ore Bank
Drummond Prospect
E H Alred Mine
Edward Graves Prospect
Esom Hill Area
Etna Station
Fish Creek District
Fish Creek District-A
Fish Creek District-B
Fish Creek District-C
Fite Prospect
G M Leslie Mine
Galite #1 (Rockmart Mine)
Georgia Loan & Trust Company Mine
Grady Station
Green Bank
Hampton Mines
Hematite Mine
Hightower Bank & James Young
Indian Mountain
J D Waddell Mine
J F Hill Prospect
J K Davis Mine
John Purcell Mine
Ladd Lime And Stone Company Pits
Lary Mine
Lot 105
Lot 1158
Lot 1230
Lot 56
Lot 573
Lot 973
Lots 1235 - 1236 - 1237
Oredell Mine (Oremont; C. B. Arrington Property)
Peek Mine
Piedmont Portland Cement Company Quarry
Red-Ore Bank
Rockmart
S. K. Hoge Ore Bank
Shiloh Church Property
Shiloh Church Prospect
Simpson Mine
T H Randall Mine
T J Woodard Mine
Taylorsville Mine
Van Wort
W. A. Camp & L. Clark Banks
W. A. Camp & L.Clark Ore Bank-B
Woodstock Mine
Wray Mine

Latitude: 34°1'9"N
Longitude: 85°10'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.019166666667,-85.166944444444
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBerauniteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeDufréniteIronKaoliniteMica
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetradymiteTurquoiseWavellite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Beraunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dufrénite  (*)Fluorwavellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Planerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1202948136
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O2202912,202948280
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O120291277
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61202912310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23202948,202969,2029709895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1202948139
Fluorwavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O120291226
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)34202886,202887,202888,202889504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)10202912,202916,202917,202919,202928,202930,202931,202942,202943,2029627437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34202912,202942,202943,20296114640
Iron  (*)IronFe12029131089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612029282228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412028885591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2120296617380
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O120291243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27202911,202928,202955,202959,202961,202972,20297339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22202900,2029023106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2120296661156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2202917,2029191711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O2202912,202948263
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1202913703
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1202978510
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1202912374


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