Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Butler District, Johnson Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 130349
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130349.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Butler District, Johnson Co., Tennessee, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Cabbage Creek Prospect
Daugherty Prospect
Doe Valley Mine (Fritz Mine)
Dry Run Mine (Young Mine)
Dugger Prospect
F. M. Bucannon Prospect
Flint Knob Mine (Little Mountain Mines)
Floyd Cable Prospect
Forge Mountain Mine
Gentry Prospect
Goss Mine (Moody Prospect)
H. J. White Prospect (Brookshire Prospect)
Holloway Prospect
James Branch Prospect
Jones-Shoun Prospect
Kemp Shoun Mine
Mast Prospect
Miller Prospect
N. W. Harper Prospect
Pandora Prospects (Pandora Mine)
Phillips Mine
Proffit Prospect
Shouns Mine
Sink Mountain Prospect
Spear Branch Prospect
Spice Branch Prospect
Stalcup Prospect
Stanton Prospect
Virginia Iron; Coal; And Coke Company Prospect
Wagner Zinc Prospect
Wautauga River Mine
Wilson Hill Mine No. 1
Wilson Hill Mine No. 2

Latitude: 36°23'58"N
Longitude: 81°53'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.399444444444,-81.887777777778

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.

Baryte	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Wavellite

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Mn O P S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Wavellite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Dolomite ()*	Manganite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wavellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	267850,267851	11547
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	267848,267850,267851	9895
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	4	267849,267850,267857,267878	770
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	267851	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	4	267849,267850,267866,267878	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	267851,267862,267878	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	267848,267851,267876	21482
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	267862	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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