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Locality Name:
Idol Prospect (Idol Mine; Comstock Prospect; Clinch Valley), Copper Ridge Zinc District, Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 128272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-128272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idol Prospect (Idol Mine; Comstock Prospect; Clinch Valley), Copper Ridge Zinc District, Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°22'34"N
Longitude: 83°24'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.376111111111,-83.4025

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: Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteFluoriteGypsumNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)48547001588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)485470011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)485470027770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)248547009895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF248547009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS485470024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O48547006890
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2485470039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS485470021482



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00226485470Early Ordovician host rock age      128272Idol Prospect (Idol Mine; Comstock Prospect; Clinch Valley), Copper Ridge Zinc District, Grainger Co., Tennessee, USAIdolTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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