Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carroll Co., Tennessee, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 174

mindat Locality ID: 130312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130312.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carroll Co., Tennessee, USA": 73
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 71

Number of Child Localities: 70
Child Localities:
A. Nunnelly Pit
Ackerman Kaolin Prospect
Adamson Pit No. 1
Adamson Pit No. 2
Adamson Pit No. 5
Andy Pate Pit
Bill Barnhart Pit
Brier Creek Prospect
Buena Vista Prospect
Carrol County Operations (Carrol County Mine No. 7)
Cooper Pit
Cope Moore Prospect
Cozart Prospect
Currin Property Prospect
Dewitt Farm Prospect
G. M. Blair Farm Prospect
Garver And Maddox Prospect
Glenn Kennedy Prospect
Henry Davidson Prospect
Henry Scott Prospect
Hodge Pit
Holcomb Pit
Huckleberry Schoolhouse Prospect
Huntingdon Prospect (MRDS - 10275035)
Huntingdon Prospect (MRDS - 10275436)
Huntingdon Tennessee Ball Clay Pit (Kellogg Mine)
J. A. Brandon Prospect
Jim Cleaver Pit
Kaolin Mine (MRDS - 10299450)
Kaolin Prospect (MRDS - 10251230)
Kaolin Prospect (MRDS - 10256800)
Keaton Prospect
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 10 Pit (Mitchell Pit)
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 8 Pit (Hobbs Pit)
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 9 Pit (Le Flore Pit)
King And Barnett Prospects
Laycook Prospect
Liberty Church Prospect
McClaren Prospect
McKenzie Pits Colston & Moore
McKenzie Prospect
Mrs. Polly Chandler Pit
Mrs. W A Thompson Pit No. 1
Mrs. W A Thompson Pit No. 2
No. 6 Brower & Wright Pit
North Huckleberry Schoolhouse Prospect
North Huntingdon Prospect
Northwest Huntingdon Prospect
Organ And Gowan Prospects
R. J. Turner Prospect
Ringold Kaolin Mine (Jones & Frazier Pit)
Ross Farm Prospect
Rowland Pit No. 14
Rowland Pit No. 15
Southwest Huntingdon Prospect
Spinks Clay No. 15 Pit (Dill Pit)
Teachout-Falkner Pits
Thomas Farm Pits
Todd Farm Prospect
Trezevant Pit
U. G. Butler Farm Prospect
U.S.D. Clay No. 7 Pit (Cyprus Mines Corp.; United Sierra; Division)
U.S.D. Clay Number 3 Pit (Cyrus Mines Corp.; United Sierra; Division)
W. A. Weaver Prospect
W. F. Akin Farm Prospect
W. T. Grove Place Prospect
Western Tennessee District
Williams And Dalton Pits
Williams And Hobbs Pit
Wright And Bower Pit (Tri-State Sand Company)

Latitude: 36°0'42"N
Longitude: 88°26'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.011666666667,-88.438611111111

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	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	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 Fe H K O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	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
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	201	174	1	266552	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			8	266484,266510,266513,266514,266515,266535,266540,266546	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	201	174	1	266552	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	266510	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	266534	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	266510	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	201	174	1	266552	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	201	174	1	266552	5251

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
	ree-00706	201	174	LCretaceous											127698	Natchez Trace Deposit, Western Tennessee District, Carroll Co., Tennessee, USA	Natchez Trace deposit	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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