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Locality Name:
Towns Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Towns Co., Georgia, USA": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Bell Mountain Silica Mine
Brasstown Church
Charlies Creek (Charles Creek)
Chastian Placer Mine
Cynth Creek Quarry
Davy Mountain
Hamilton Corundum Mine (Lot 60)
Harrison
Hiawassee
Hooper & Berong Prospect
Horse Vein
Hunter Knob
Lake Chatuge
Lemons Gap
Lot 42
Lot 45 & 125
Lot 87
Lots 28 And 35
M. Kinsey Mine (Horse Vein; Old Field; N. Brown; Pittsburg; Brown; Wellborn Hill; Hunt Mines)
Malden Prospect (Kerby Prospects)
Murdock Vein Mine (Welsh Post Office; Struby; E. R. Brown Mines)
Newton Mine (Chastain Mine; Smith Mines)
Newton Placer Mine
Rich Knob Prospect
Scattaway Creek
Titus
Wellborn Hill Mine
Wills Creek Mine (Skeet Hooper; Eller Mines)
Winchester Creek
Young Harris
Youngstown

Latitude: 34°57'48"N
Longitude: 83°46'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.963333333333,-83.775555555556
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 Au C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTalcVesuvianite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Margarite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22203209,2032153419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2203225,2032308803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12032251036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)24203213,203215,203219,203228718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120321727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O44203213,203215,203229,2032383902
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12032251025
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O37203209,203213,203214,203215,203219,203225,2032281797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62203215,2032254135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61203215944
Gold  (*)CopperAu6203222,203232,203233,203234,203235,20324230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12032242812
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41203248407
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412032451507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)21203209168
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23203221,203224,20324317380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812032251512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22203217,20321839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212032203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812032259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27203203,203205,203224,203237,203240,203243,20324661156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12032201711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212032445614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO54203204,203208,203224,2032431516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312032461214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120323121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42203244,2032481934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212032253337
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O2203216,203227652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012032111395
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12032151025


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