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Locality Name:
Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 106491
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106491.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Alum Cave Bluff
Douglas Lake
East Fork District
East Fork Phosphate Deposit
Fair Garden
Fairgarden A Prospect (Little Mountain Prospects)
Fairgarden B Prospect (Little Mountain Prospects)
Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Area
Great Smoky Mts
Iron Mine (MRDS - 10251678)
Iron Mine (MRDS - 10256895)
Kimberlin Lead Mine
Kodak Mine
Little Mountain Barite-Zinc Prospect (Fairgarden Prospect)
Nuns Cove Barite-Zn Prospect
Pigeon Forge
Quarry (MRDS - 10129520)
Quarry (MRDS - 10129650)
Quarry (MRDS - 10154053)
Quarry (MRDS - 10154195)
Quarry (MRDS - 10154227)
Quarry (MRDS - 10178484)
Quarry (MRDS - 10184341)
Quarry (MRDS - 10227186)
Quarry (MRDS - 10300085)
Sevier County Highway Department Quarry
Sevierville Plant No. 508 (Vulcan Materials Company; Midsouth Div.; Sevierville Quarry)
Shooks Gap
Trotter Zinc Prospect
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10025897)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10025898)

Latitude: 35°50'40"N
Longitude: 83°33'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.844444444444,-83.555

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.

Alum	Aluminite	Alunite	Apatite	Baryte	Botryogen	Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copiapite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Roscherite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Titanite	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 Au Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mn O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Aluminite Alunite Apatite Baryte Botryogen Calcite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite
Copiapite Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Garnet Gypsum
Halotrichite Hexahydrite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Oxalate Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Roscherite Rutile Sphalerite Starkeyite Sulphur Titanite Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Alum-(K) ()*	Aluminite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Ammoniojarosite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Apjohnite ()*	Baryte ()*	Botryogen ()*	Calcite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Copiapite ()*	Coskrenite-(Ce) ()*	Destinezite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jurbanite ()*
Lacroixite ()*	Levinsonite-(Y) ()*	Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Roscherite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schwertmannite ()*	Slavíkite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tschermigite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zugshunstite-(Ce) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1000	0	1	268974	2353
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	92
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	78
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	272
Ammoniojarosite ()*	Alunite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1000	0	1	268974	30
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	268987	1036
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	28
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			6	268981,268982,268983,268992,268993,268994	11547
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	45
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1000	0	2	268974,268977	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	268988	376
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	382
Coskrenite-(Ce) ()*	Oxalate	Ce₂(SO₄)₂(C₂O₄)·8H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	1
Destinezite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	19
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			8	268977,268981,268991,268992,268993,268994,269007,269010	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1000	0	0		8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	484
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	66
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	268978	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	268991	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1000	0	2	268974,268975	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	268985	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1000	0	0		14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	251
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1000	0	0		5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1000	0	1	268974	2228
Jurbanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	7
Lacroixite ()*	Titanite	NaAl(PO₄)F			1	268978	22
Levinsonite-(Y) ()*	Oxalate	YAl(SO₄)₂(C₂O₄)·12H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	1
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	54
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	268977	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	268975	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	268988	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	268988	247
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	541	6	268974,268977,268993,269010,269011,269012	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	268977	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1000	541	1	268974	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	268975,268977	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1000	0	0		1711
Roscherite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₅Be₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O			1	268978	22
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1000	541	1	268974	5614
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	37
Slavíkite ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₃O)₃Mg₆Fe₁₅(SO₄)₂₁(OH)₁₈·98H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	44
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	269010	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1000	0	1	268974	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			5	268982,268983,268993,268994,269010	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	79
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1000	0	2	268974,268977	2045
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	81
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1000	541	1	268974	5251
Zugshunstite-(Ce) ()*	Oxalate	CeAl(SO₄)₂(C₂O₄)·12H₂O	1000	0	1	268974	2

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0048	Oxylates and sulphates are formed from the weathering of the overhanging pyrite/carbon rich phyllite. Acidic water leaches through bluff and constantly deposits salts on rock face and soil below.
Michelle_749	Oxalates and sulfates are formed by the weathering of the overhanging pyrite/carbon rich phyllite of the Anakeesta Formation. Acidic water leaches through bluff and constantly deposits salts on rock face and soil below.

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0048	0	0	0		Age of mineralization									5549	Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA	Alum Cave Bluff	Coskren and Lauf (2000)		MR31_163	Salts found at locality are constantly renewed. Composition varies with unique local chemistry of water and geology. Age is inferred as the Coskrenite-(Ce) is only mentioned to be found at the surface.
	Michelle_749	1000	541	Late Precambrian		Age of Anakeesta Formation phyllite							Graphite, Muscovite, Paragonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon		5549	Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA	Alum Cave Bluff	Flohr et al. (1995)		USGSOFR1995_95_477	Age of metamorphic minerals from phyllite of the Anakeesta Formation at Alum Cave Bluff

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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