Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Giles Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 130331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giles Co., Tennessee, USA": 81
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 80

Number of Child Localities: 80
Child Localities:
Angus Tract
Ardmore Quarry
Brown-Rock Phosphate District
Buford Mine-Lynnesville
Buford Mine-Pulaski
Bufords Cheatham No. 2483
Bufords Number 2484 Pit (McNeese Pit)
Bufords Union Bank No. 861
Cedar Grove Limestone Company Quarry
Darwin Prospect (Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No. 28)
Dunavant Prospect
George White Pit
Giles County Deposit (TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 7)
Giles County Materials
Giles County Mine (Monsanto Industrial Chemicals Company; Prospect No. 2550; Moore Pit)
Hooker Chemical Company No. 5
Mobil Phosphate Deposit No. 19
Mobil Phosphate Deposit No. 20
Mobil Phosphate Deposit No. 21
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No. 26
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No. 30
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No. 32
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No. 33
Monsanto Phosphate No. 27
Monsanto Phosphate No. 31
Monsento Properties
Prospect Mine (MRDS - 10299359)
Prospect Number 2353 (Smith Pit)
Prospect Number 2505 (Tucker-Brownlow Pit)
Smithson And Paisley
Stauffer 223-45
Stauffer No. 231-18 Ruthen Sands
Stauffer No. 231-19 Vick
Stauffer No. 231-20 J. W. Moore
Stauffer No. 231-21 Melvin Hickman
Stauffer No. 231-23 H. Thurman
Stauffer No. 231-26 C. Thurman
Stauffer No. 231-27 J. A. Brown
Stauffer Phosphate Deposit No. 10
Stauffer Phosphate Deposit No. 11
Stauffer Phosphate Deposit No. 12
Stauffer Phosphate Deposit No. 13
Stauffer Phosphate Deposit No. 6
Stauffer Phosphate Deposit No. 7 (Unnamed Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect)
Stauffer Phosphate Deposit No. 8
Stauffer Phosphate Deposit No. 9
Stauffer Pit (Stauffer Chemical Company)
TVA Phosphate Deposit No 3
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 1
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 10
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 11
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 12
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 13
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 14
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 15
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 16
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 17
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 18
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 19
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 2
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 20
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 21
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 22
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 23
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 24
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 25
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 26
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 27
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 28
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 29
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 4
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 5
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 6
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 8
TVA Phosphate Deposit No. 9
Unnamed Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect [1]
Unnamed Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect [2]
Unnamed Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect [3]
Unnamed Phosphorus-Phosphates Prospect [4]
Walters Prospect (Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No. 29)

Latitude: 35°17'52"N
Longitude: 87°'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.297777777778,-87.015833333333

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.

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: C Ca Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite None Quartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	267150	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	267150	9895
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	267150	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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