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Locality Name:
Carter Co., Tennessee, USA


mindat Locality ID: 106692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carter Co., Tennessee, USA": 98
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 92

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Butler District
Cranberry Magnetite District
Elk Mills Topaz Site
Granite Quarry (MRDS - 10251176)
Hampton District
Sam McCracken Spring Occurrence
Stony Creek District
Teaser And Ray Prospect
Walnut Mountain District
Watauga Quarry Pit No. 40 (Watauga Quarry)

Latitude: 36°17'14"N
Longitude: 82°10'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.287222222222,-82.17
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K O Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileScapoliteSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneTalcTitaniteTopazWavelliteZircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Meionite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nitrocalcite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Wavellite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)22266571,2665793419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2266579,2666448803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12665791036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12666303250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612665792060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)126663011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6266573,266575,266577,266579,266582,26661027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12666104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126661027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)223266589,266591,266592,266594,266600,266602,266603,266609,266610,266611,266615,266616,266617,266618,266623,266629,266630,266632,266633,266635,266636,266637,2666409895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11266563,266564,266567,266569,266573,266574,266575,266577,266579,266582,2665848173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23266644,266647,2666529617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2266589,26661024243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31266592504
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36266614,266644,266649,266650,266651,26665214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12666101689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312665705433
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)22266596,266605210
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O421266562,266563,266564,266565,266566,266567,266569,266570,266573,266574,266575,266577,266579,266582,266584,266644,266647,266649,266650,266651,26665214899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)3266559,266611,266626770
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)1266581176
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212665845800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126657917380
Nitrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(NO3)2·4H2O2266590,26659546
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12665812349
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31266581495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27266610,266621,266622,266644,266649,266650,26665239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO25266591,266594,266609,266616,2666173106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26266567,266573,266575,266577,266582,26664761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212665705614
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12666102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2266589,26661021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412665791934
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1266576456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212665713337
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12666461006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212665851476
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1266636374
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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