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Locality Name:
Cedartown, Polk Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24797
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24797.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cedartown, Polk Co., Georgia, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Brewer Mine (R.H. Brewer Mine)
Cedartown Meteorite (Aragon; Cedertown)
Cedartown Mine No. 1
Cedartown Mine No. 2
Central Mining Company Property
Ledbetter Mine
Penland Hill (McCollum; Callahan)
Reed Mine
Wood Mine

Latitude: 34°1'0"N
Longitude: 85°15'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.016666666667,-85.266388888889
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn Ni O P S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCalciteCorundumDiasporeIronNonePyriteTurquoiseWavellite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Cacoxenite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Fluorwavellite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)Planerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Taenite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1202912280
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O120291277
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61202912310
Fluorwavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O120291226
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4202912,202916,202917,2029197437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3120291214640
Iron  (*)IronFe12029131089
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O120291243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2202917,2029191711
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1202912263
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1202913703
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1202912374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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