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Locality Name:
Benton Co., Tennessee, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 130309
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130309.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benton Co., Tennessee, USA": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 39
Child Localities:
Bell Pit
Benton County Quarry (Holladay Quarry; Vulcan Materials Company; Midsouth Div.)
Benton Cut (J. M. Beaton Property Prospect)
Bonds Pit
Center Hill School Prospect
Cole Pit
Dunning Pit
Furr Pit No. 6
Furr Pit No. 7
Hardy And Nunnley Pit
Higdon & Cole Pit
Holladay Prospect
Hollingsworth Pit (Bulldog Pit)
Jordan Pit (Tri-State Sand Company)
Kee And Furr Pit
Kee Pit
Limestone Pit
Malin Pit (Camden Mine; Tri-State Sand Company)
North Holladay Prospect
Number 4 Cole Pit (Sullins Sand Company; Inc.)
Number 7 Sullins Pit (Sullins Sand Company; Inc.)
Number 8 Bobitt Pit (Sullins Sand Company; Inc.)
Porter Warner Pit
Ragsdale Pit
Scarborough Prospect
Smith Pit
South Camden Prospect
Southeast Camden Prospect
Stigall Pit
Sugar Tree Prospect
Sullins Pit No. 12
Sullins Pit Number 1 (Sullins Sand Company; Inc.)
Sullins Pit Number 2 (Sullins Sand Company; Inc.)
Sullins Sand Company; Inc. (Number 5 Bond Pit)
Western Tennessee District
Wills Pit (Tri-State Sand Company)
Wright Pit No. 3
Wright Pit No. 4
Wyatt Pit

Latitude: 35°58'19"N
Longitude: 88°7'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.971944444444,-88.133055555556

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.

Clay	Corundum	Kaolinite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rutile	Sulphur	Zircon

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 C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Kaolinite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rutile Sulphur Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sulphur ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	266313	9895
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	100	66	3	266347,266348,266349	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	266314	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	266348	1507
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	266314	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	100	66	2	266347,266348	5614
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	266314	2045
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	100	66	2	266347,266348	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
ree-00704	100	66	Late Cretaceous	127532	Kerr-McGee Deposit (North Camden), Western Tennessee District, Benton Co., Tennessee, USA	Kerr-McGee deposit	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00707	100	66	Late Cretaceous	127532	Kerr-McGee Deposit (North Camden), Western Tennessee District, Benton Co., Tennessee, USA	North Camden (Kerr-McGee deposit)	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00734	145	66	Cretaceous	127544	Silica Mine (MRDS - 10154594), Western Tennessee District, Benton Co., Tennessee, USA	Silica Mine	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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