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Locality Name:
Dickson Co., Tennessee, USA


mindat Locality ID: 130327
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130327.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dickson Co., Tennessee, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 49
Child Localities:
Bell Mine
Brown Prospect
Burns Prospects
Carroll Ore Banks
Cavill Tract
Charlotte Meteorite
Clifton Prospect
Cumberland Furnace
Davis Prospects
Dickson Mine (Dickson Quarry; Burns Stone Company)
Dry Creek Hollow Mines
Duke Lime And Stone Company Quarry (Duke Lime And Stone Company)
Edwards Prospect
Gafford Prospect
Gillam Prospect
Grimes Ore Banks
Happy Valley School Prospect
Harris Prospect
Holley Prospect
Hortense Prospect
Iron Hill Mines
Laurel Furnace Mines
Lucas Prospect
Lyle And Clifton Prospects
McCollum Mines
Montgomery Bell Ore Banks
Old Iron Mines
Old Mines (MRDS - 10129493)
Potter And Smitto Pits
Quarry (MRDS - 10154051)
Slayden Mines
Stokes Mines
Stokes Ore Bank
Sylvia Prospect
Thomason Pits
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10129022)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10129037)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10129393)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10154455)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10154574)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10154578)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10178559)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10184096)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10251326)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10275209)
Unnamed Pits (MRDS - 10275136)
Wilson And Corlew Pits
Wolf And Berry Pits
Worley Furnace Mines (Worley Branch Mine)

Latitude: 36°11'49"N
Longitude: 87°23'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.196944444444,-87.394166666667

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: Cr Fe H Ni O P S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
DiasporeIronNoneSpinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Daubréelite  (*)Goethite  (*)Iron  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41267006157
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12670287437
Iron  (*)IronFe12670061089
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1267006374
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1267006703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12670061044



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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