Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Unicoi Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 106492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unicoi Co., Tennessee, USA": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 57

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bumpass Cove District
Erwin Calcite Site
Flag Pond
Higgins Barite Prospect
Higgins Creek Soapstone Mine
Holston Land Company - Marbleton Quarry
Peterson Prospect
Phillips Property
Spivey Creek Barite Prospect A
Spivey Creek Barite Prospect B
Unicoi County Highway Department Quarry (Quarry No. 439; Rex Lewis Quarry)
Unicoi District
Unnamed Barite Prospect
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10025692)

Latitude: 36°5'49"N
Longitude: 82°26'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.096944444444,-82.448333333333

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Wavellite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Manganite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Coronadite Corundum Epidote Fluorite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Wavellite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	269165	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	269201,269202,269207,269208,269225	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	269199	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	0		1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	269165,269174,269182	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	269165,269226	27198
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	2	269197,269218	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	30	269167,269169,269170,269171,269172,269173,269174,269175,269176,269177,269178,269179,269180,269181,269182,269183,269184,269187,269188,269189,269190,269191,269194,269195,269196,269197,269198,269204,269209,269225	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	269199	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	269165,269170,269182,269226	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	269165,269193	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	12	269165,269167,269170,269172,269173,269174,269175,269180,269181,269182,269187,269191	1689
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	3	269166,269211,269217	770
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	269165,269173,269199,269226	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	9	269165,269166,269171,269196,269197,269211,269217,269218,269221	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	269165,269171,269196,269197,269201,269211	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	7	269165,269172,269173,269177,269180,269181,269182	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	269165,269170,269173,269174,269182	21482
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	269222	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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