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Locality Name:
Del Rio District, Cocke Co., Tennessee, USA


mindat Locality ID: 64640
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64640.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Del Rio District, Cocke Co., Tennessee, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Adams Mine (Adams/Blanchard/Waddell)
Beetree Knob Barite Prospect
Blanchard Mine
Brushy Mountain Barite Prospect (Bee Branch Barite Prospect)
Burnett Gap Prospect
Cross Mountain Barite Prospect
Darky Tom Mine
Del Rio
Dry Fork Barite Prospect
East Meyer Mine (McCoy Barite Mine)
Huff Barite Prospects
Krebs Barite Mine (Burnett Mine; Pond Ridge Barite Mine)
Long Creek Prospect
Moccasin Gap Mine
Mooneyham Barite Mine (Monohan Barite Mine)
Mud Tunnel Hollow Barite Mine
Oliver Barite Mine
Pigeonroost Branch Barite Mine
Spence Barite Mine
Stone Barite Mine
West Meyer Barite Mine (Herr Barite Mine)
White Rock Hollow Barite Mine
Williams Mine (Mims Barite Mine; Krebs Barite Mine)

Latitude: 35°55'38"N
Longitude: 83°1'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.927222222222,-83.018055555556
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 Mg Mn O P S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O S Sr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteFluoriteMalachite
MicaNonePyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteWavellite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fluorwavellite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)26266804,266812,266813,266815,266816,2668183092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18266799,266801,266803,266804,266807,266808,266809,266810,266812,266813,266814,266815,266816,266817,266818,266819,266820,26682111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126682127770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22266810,26682127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12668103531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12668214165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161266806599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212668129895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22266810,2668219617
Fluorwavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O126680626
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33266807,266810,26682114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2126682112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2266798,266800770
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126681017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26266810,266812,266815,266816,266818,26682139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22266798,2668063106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26266806,266807,266810,266812,266818,26682161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS126682121482
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1266806301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O2266802,266806374


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