Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rabun Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rabun Co., Georgia, USA": 73
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 64

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Ammons Branch Mine
Barclay Gold Mine
Bowers Placer
Bright Evans Property
Burton
Burton Lake Area
Chattooga River Prospect (Nicholson Estate; Nicholson Heirs)
Clayton
Dillard
Flat Creek Church
Hamby Mine (Ledford; Lamar Mines)
Hedden Placer Mine
J. G. Welborn
Laurel Creek Complex
Law Ground Branch Mine
Linwood-Barton District
Lot 188
Lots 27 & 28
Moore Girl's Mine (Moore Girl; Barclay; Bentley)
Mountain City Waterworks
Parks Gold Mine
Pine Mountain
Powell Mine (Powell Prospect)
Rabun Gap
Reaves Mine (Smith; Stonesypher Mines)
Roadcut
Screamer Mt.
Tiger
Tom Coward Gap Prospect
W. T. Smith Property
West Of Tan Yard Branch

Latitude: 34°50'42"N
Longitude: 83°20'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.845,-83.336111111111

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Staurolite
Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Beryl ()*	Böhmite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Gold ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kalinite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mendozite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
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 Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Halotrichite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Staurolite
Talc Titanite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	203045	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	203045	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	203045	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	203005,203045	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	14	203006,203013,203024,203026,203027,203028,203029,203031,203037,203045,203055,203057,203059,203068	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	203008,203045	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	203061	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	203019,203070	4286
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	2	203047,203056	195
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	203050,203069	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	203045,203056	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5	203027,203045,203048,203049,203056	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	2	203045,203056	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	203008,203045	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	3	203055,203058,203061	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	203011,203045,203061	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	203045	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	203041	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	203045	178
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	15	203001,203003,203004,203017,203022,203033,203042,203043,203044,203046,203050,203054,203060,203062,203064	30554
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	203061	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	203045	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	203045	5433
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	203061	54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	203048	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	203045	1507
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	203045	238
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	3	203026,203034,203058	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	203008,203045,203057,203061	14899
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	203061	28
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	5	203014,203019,203021,203023,203063	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	203016,203021	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	203006,203045	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	203045,203048,203056	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	203008,203041,203050,203061,203069	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	203069	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	203015,203016,203018,203020,203025,203041,203042,203048,203050,203051,203062,203069,203070	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	203045	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	203061	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	203045	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	7	203006,203026,203031,203035,203045,203049,203058	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	203045	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	203045	2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	203045	73
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	12	203012,203026,203027,203031,203032,203036,203039,203045,203055,203056,203059,203066	652
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	203007	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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