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Locality Name:
Cranberry Magnetite District, Carter Co., Tennessee, USA


mindat Locality ID: 130313
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130313.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cranberry Magnetite District, Carter Co., Tennessee, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Campbell Magnetite Prospect
Chestnut Ridge Magnetite Prospects
Ellis Magnetite Mine (Ellis Mine; Oakes Entry; Patrick; Red Rock Mines)
Greenlee And Ray And Tester Magnetite Mine
Heupscup Ridge Magnetite Prospects
Horse Shoe Magnetite Prospect
Howard Anomaly Occurrence
Julian Magnetite Prospect
Lost Cove Prospect
McGill Memorial Church Ultramafic Outcrop
Montgomery And Cordell Prospect
Old Forge Magnetite Mine
Patrick Magnetite Mine (Shell Creek Mine)
Peg Leg Magnetite Mine
Red Rock Magnetite Mine
Roan Mountain Granulite Exposure
Roan Mountain Metadolerite Dikes
School House Prospect
State Line Perovskite Occurrence
Teegarden Magnetite Mine (Shell Creek Mine)
Vance Anomaly Occurrence
Wilder Magnetite Mine

Latitude: 36°11'2"N
Longitude: 82°27'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.183888888889,-82.457777777778
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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMicaMolybdeniteNone
PerovskitePyroxeneQuartzRutileScapoliteSpinelStilpnomelaneTalc

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meionite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22266571,2665793419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12665798803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12665791036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612665792060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5266573,266575,266577,266579,26658227770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11266563,266564,266567,266569,266573,266574,266575,266577,266579,266582,2665848173
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312665705433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415266562,266563,266564,266565,266566,266567,266569,266570,266573,266574,266575,266577,266579,266582,26658414899
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)1266581176
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212665845800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126657917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12665812349
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31266581495
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25266567,266573,266575,266577,26658261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212665705614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412665791934
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1266576456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212665713337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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