Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Stony Creek District, Carter Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 130316
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130316.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stony Creek District, Carter Co., Tennessee, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Bear Wallow Manganese Mine
Blevins Manganese Mine
Blue Springs Manganese Mine
Bowers Manganese Mine (Bowers Branch Prospect)
Griffin Prospect
Hatcher Prospect
Hatcher Pyrite Mine
Helenmode Pyrite Mine
Hodge Iron Ore Banks
Hurley Mine
Jess Heatherly Prospect
Keenburg Prospect
Lipps Ridge Prospect
Little Stony Creek Mine
Middle Ridge Manganese Mine
Nidifer Branch Barite Prospect
Nidifer Prospect
Red Bird Hill Bauxite Mine (New Mine)
Ritts Ridge Manganese Prospect
Sams Cove Prospect
Taylor Iron Ore Bank
Taylor Ridge Manganese Mine
Treadway Manganese Prospect
Turkeytown Prospect
Vester Prospect
Watauga Bauxite Mine
White Manganese Prospect

Latitude: 36°24'26"N
Longitude: 82°6'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.407222222222,-82.106388888889

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Rutile	Wavellite

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 Fe H Mg Mn O P S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Corundum None Pyrite Rutile Wavellite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*	Manganite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Wavellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	266630	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	266630	11547
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	13	266615,266616,266617,266618,266623,266629,266630,266632,266633,266635,266636,266637,266640	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	266626	770
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	266621,266622	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	266616,266617	3106
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	266636	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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