Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Davidson Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 106694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Davidson Co., Tennessee, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Bush No. 2 Pit
Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District
Chattanooga Shale Drill Hole Prospect (Drill Hole NV-54)
Danley Quarry (Vulcan Materials Company; Midsouth Div.)
Derryberry Construction Company Quarry
Donelson Pike Quarry (Nashville Qy/Hoover No. 1 Quarry; Hoover; Inc.)
Eller And Olsen Stone Company Quarry (E And O Quarry; Eller And Olson Stone Compay; Inc.)
Glencliff Quarry
Hermitage Quarry (Vulcan Materials Company; Midsouth Div.; Hermitage Plant No. 506)
Madison Quarry (Davidson County Highway Dept.)
Mat-Nel Number 1 Pit (Mat-Nel Company)
Nashville Area
Nashville Mines
Nashville Quarry (Menefee Quarry; Menefee Crushed Stone Company Inc.)
River Road Plant No. 515 & Quarry (River Road Quarry; Vulcan Materials Company; Midsouth Div.)
Siltstone Quarry (MRDS - 10201942)
Tennlite Quarry Number 1 (Bakers Station Mine; Tennlite; Inc.)

Latitude: 36°11'36"N
Longitude: 86°47'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.193333333333,-86.7875

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	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: Al Ba C Ca F H K Mg O P Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	266888	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	266875,266876	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	266874,266886	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	266886,266888	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	266886	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	266886	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	266874,266876	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	266874,266876	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	266874	17380
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	266874,266876,266886	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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