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Locality Name:
Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc District, Jefferson Co., Tennessee, USA


mindat Locality ID: 127486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc District, Jefferson Co., Tennessee, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
American Zinc Company Prospects
Athletic
C. T. Caldwell Prospect
Chucky Pike Prospect
Currens Prospect
Davis-Bible Zinc Mine
East Tennessee
Gattiker; Carr; And Emert Prospects
Grasselli Mine
Jarnigan
Jefferson City
Lost Creek Zinc Mine
Mossy Creek Mine
New Market
North Friends Station
Universal Exploration Company Mines

Latitude: 36°6'30"N
Longitude: 83°30'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.108333333333,-83.503055555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cd Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)126783511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5267818,267829,267832,267835,26783727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22267823,26783227198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)210267818,267820,267823,267826,267829,267830,267832,267835,267837,2678389895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24267829,267830,267835,2678379617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4267820,267830,267835,26783724243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1267832717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2267823,2678266890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33267823,267826,26783514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2267823,2678261689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612678261066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42267823,2678265591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212678375674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23267832,267835,26783739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24267829,267830,267835,26783761156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4267820,267823,267826,2678322473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12267818,267820,267823,267826,267829,267830,267831,267832,267834,267835,267836,26783721482


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