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:
Blount Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 106688
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106688.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blount Co., Tennessee, USA": 66
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 59

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Big Flag Springs Iron Mine (Mint Iron Mine)
Blockhouse Iron Prospect
Blount County Hwy. Dept. Quarry (Blount County Highway Department; Blount County Highway Dept. Quarry)
Caney Branch Quarry
Carpenter Bank
Chilhowee Mountain
East Tennessee Marble District
Friendsville
Friendsville Prospect (Griffitts Prospect)
Greenback
Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10226131)
J. F. Chapman Barite Prospect
John J Craig Quarry No. 21
Jones Prospect
Kerr Iron Mine (Kerr Bank)
Little River
Louisville
Maryville Prospect
McMurray Prospect
McReynolds Barite Prospect
Montvale Springs
Quarry (MRDS - 10275308)
Rockford Mine (Rockford Quarry)
Seaton Iron Bank
Sellers Prospect
The Flats (Flat O' The Mountain)
Tuckaleechee Cove
Unnamed Iron-Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10025775)
Walland
Wilson Iron Bank

Latitude: 35°43'21"N
Longitude: 84°'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.7225,-84.005277777778

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	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite

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: Au Ba C Ca F Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Copper Corundum Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	266395,266401,266411	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	266395,266420	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	266385,266395,266399,266401	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	266395	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	266395,266401	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	266412,266417	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	266360	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	266359,266395,266404	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	266407,266416	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	266416,266419	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	266395	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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