Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Hamilton Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 222271
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222271.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hamilton Co., Tennessee, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Bennett Mine No. 1
Bennett No. 2 Prospect
Brannan Mine (Brannan - Montague Mine)
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Cave (Lookout Cave)
Chattanooga Mine (Alton Park Tract)
Chattanooga Quarry (Division; Vulcan Materials Company; Chantanooga)
Chattanooga Tenn. Bauxite (Missionary Ridge & Summit Knobs)
Clay Field
Fred Nixson Prospect
Hill City-Moccasin Bend
Hixson Mine
Hornville Mine
McCallie Tunnel Prospect
Montague Mine
Perry Mine (Isabella Stewart Mine)
Shofner Barite Prospect
Signal Mountain Clay Pit
Smith Prospect
Tiftonia Plant & Quarry Pit No. 395 (The Stone Man; Inc.; Tiftonia Quarry)
White Oak Mt. Area
White Oak Mt. Area (2)
Wilcox Prospect
Willie Moore Prospect

Latitude: 35°3'50"N
Longitude: 85°13'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.063888888889,-85.224722222222

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.

Baryte	Clay	Corundum	Kaolinite	None

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 K Mg N O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Corundum Kaolinite None

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Niter ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	267331	11547
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	267322	504
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	267325,267335,267336	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	267338	5591
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	267319	181

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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