Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tippah Co., Mississippi, USA

mindat Locality ID: 106927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106927.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tippah Co., Mississippi, USA": 57
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 53
Child Localities:
A. J. & Callie Guyton Property
A. N. Thompson Prospect
Bauxite And Kaolin - Tippah And Benton Counties Occurrence
Blue Mountain Mine
C. F. Godwin Prospect
E. M. Hardin Prospect
E. P. Barber Prospect
F. O. Hudspeth Prospect
Finger Deposit
Flat Rock Church Prospect
Fuller's Earth; Ripley; Mississippi
Fullers Earth; Blue Mountain; Mississippi
Graham And Hudspeth Prospect
Green Wattes Prospect
Holley Springs National Forest
I. V. James Prospect
J. C. James Prospect
J. C. McElwain Prospect
J. M. Gunter Prospect
J. P. Clemmer Prospect
J. W. Jones Prospect
L. S. Pearce Prospect
McGill-Tapp Prospect
Patrick-Harrell Prospect
Ripley
Salvation Army Property
Shady Grove Deposit
Shelton Deposit
Strickland & Hazardl
Thad Hill Prospect
Unnamed Aluminum Prospect (MRDS - 10122053)
Unnamed Aluminum Prospect (MRDS - 10145983)
Unnamed Aluminum Prospect (MRDS - 10146020)
Unnamed Aluminum Prospect (MRDS - 10170606)
Unnamed Aluminum Prospect (MRDS - 10183463)
Unnamed Aluminum Prospect (MRDS - 10184349)
Unnamed Aluminum Prospect (MRDS - 10195029)
Unnamed Aluminum Prospect (MRDS - 10219311)
Unnamed Aluminum Prospect (MRDS - 10292041)
Unnamed Aluminum Prospect (MRDS - 10292339)
Unnamed Bauxite Prospect [1]
Unnamed Bauxite Prospect [2]
Unnamed Bauxite Prospect [3]
Unnamed Bauxite Prospect [4]
Unnamed Clay - Kaolin Prospect (MRDS - 10170759)
Unnamed Clay - Kaolin Prospect (MRDS - 10170785)
Unnamed Clay - Kaolin Prospect (MRDS - 10219421)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10170949)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10219170)
W. D. Shelton Prospect
W. M. Dodson Prospect
W. T. Meadows Deposit
W. T. Shelton Prospect

Latitude: 34°47'1"N
Longitude: 89°1'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.783611111111,-89.0275

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	Calcite	Clay	Cristobalite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Cristobalite Gypsum Kaolinite None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	224721	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	224705,224706	453
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	19	224697,224699,224700,224702,224703,224704,224708,224710,224711,224712,224713,224715,224716,224717,224719,224724,224725,224728,224749	504
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	224725	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	19	224697,224699,224700,224702,224703,224704,224708,224710,224711,224712,224713,224715,224716,224717,224719,224724,224725,224728,224749	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	224705,224706,224722	1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	224705,224706	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	224697	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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