Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Idol Prospect (Idol Mine; Comstock Prospect; Clinch Valley), Copper Ridge Zinc District, Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 128272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-128272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idol Prospect (Idol Mine; Comstock Prospect; Clinch Valley), Copper Ridge Zinc District, Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°22'34"N
Longitude: 83°24'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.376111111111,-83.4025

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	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	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: Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Fluorite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	485	470	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	485	470	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485	470	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	485	470	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	485	470	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	485	470	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	485	470	6890
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	470	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	485	470	21482

1 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
	sedexmvt-00226	485	470	Early Ordovician		host rock age									128272	Idol Prospect (Idol Mine; Comstock Prospect; Clinch Valley), Copper Ridge Zinc District, Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA	Idol	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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