Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Monroe Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23319
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23319.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monroe Co., Tennessee, USA": 191
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 179

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Ballard Exploration Area Prospect
Beaty Prospect
Buck Miller Mine
Carter Mine
Coker Creek District
Cole Prospect (Slickrock Creek Prospect)
Craighead Quarry
Donnelly Bank
Eve Mills Prospect
Ewing Mine
Fork Creek Knobs
Fork Creek Prospect
G. A. Graves Prospect
Hale Bank (Bill Coppinger Bank)
Holt Mine
Latrobe Bank (Queen Bank; Red Hill Bank)
Linderman Iron Mine
Madisonville
Mil Sick Knobs Cave
Millsap Adit Occurrence
Monroe County Caves
Mt. Vernon Quarry (Craighead Limestone Company)
Nelson Cave
S. L. Williams Prospect
Stoner Mine
Sweetwater Barite District
Sweetwater Barite District-Central Belt
Sweetwater Barite District-Eastern Belt
Tellico Plains
Wilson Iron Mine (Rocky Springs Iron Mine)

Latitude: 35°29'26"N
Longitude: 84°20'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.490555555556,-84.345555555556

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corrensite	Corundum
Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Fluorite	Halotrichite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vivianite	Voltaite	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Apjohnite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrobiotite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Niter ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vivianite ()*
Voltaite ()*	Yavapaiite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn N O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corrensite Corundum
Covellite Diamond Diaspore Fluorite Halotrichite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Vivianite Voltaite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	13	268631,268644,268646,268655,268656,268660,268670,268671,268673,268688,268726,268727,268728	3092
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	268807	28
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	268670	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	37	268733,268740,268753,268755,268756,268757,268759,268760,268761,268762,268764,268765,268766,268767,268769,268770,268771,268772,268773,268774,268775,268777,268779,268780,268781,268782,268783,268785,268786,268787,268790,268791,268792,268794,268797,268798,268799	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	268620	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	268776	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	268620,268733	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	268620,268667,268669	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	268620,268670,268747	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	268667,268669	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	268620	4165
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2	268642,268729	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	7	268730,268733,268749,268755,268781,268799,268804	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	6	268753,268755,268777,268780,268790,268792	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	268621,268660,268670,268747,268790	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	268644,268670,268801	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	98	268622,268623,268624,268625,268626,268627,268628,268629,268630,268631,268632,268633,268634,268635,268636,268637,268638,268639,268640,268641,268642,268643,268644,268646,268648,268653,268654,268655,268656,268657,268658,268660,268661,268662,268665,268667,268669,268670,268671,268672,268673,268674,268675,268676,268677,268678,268679,268680,268681,268682,268683,268684,268685,268686,268687,268688,268689,268690,268691,268692,268693,268694,268695,268696,268697,268698,268699,268700,268701,268702,268703,268704,268705,268706,268707,268708,268709,268710,268711,268712,268713,268714,268715,268716,268717,268718,268719,268720,268721,268722,268723,268724,268725,268726,268727,268728,268729,268747	30554
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	268807	409
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	2	268789,268795	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	268653,268776,268789,268793,268795,268801	14640
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		49
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	268638,268653	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	268807	2228
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	16	268631,268644,268646,268648,268655,268656,268662,268665,268667,268669,268671,268673,268689,268692,268726,268728	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	268638,268653	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	268620	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	268803,268804	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	268733	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	268807	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17	268630,268631,268644,268646,268648,268656,268665,268670,268671,268673,268688,268689,268692,268726,268727,268728,268747	17380
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	3	268746,268748,268750	181
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	268620	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	268733,268753,268790	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	268789,268804	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	268670	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	268620,268635,268644,268667,268669,268670	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	268644,268667,268669	5614
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	268733	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	268733,268755,268790	21482
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	268801	636
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	268807	111
Yavapaiite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂	1	268807	8
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	268638,268653	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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