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:
Sweetwater Barite District-Central Belt, McMinn Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 130363
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130363.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sweetwater Barite District-Central Belt, McMinn Co., Tennessee, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Anderson Mine
Baer Mine
C. C. Stephens Mine
Carter Mine
Dupont Mine (McPhail Mine)
Garrison Mine
Hansard Prospect
Kyle Mine
Linkenfields Mine
Mantooth Mine
McManus Mine
Mud Creek Mine
New Hope Mine
Richardson Mine
Riddle Mine
Smith Mine
Unnamed Barite Mine (MRDS - 10025876)
Wattenberger Mine (Dillinger Barite Mine)
Webb Mine
Wilson Mine

Latitude: 35°35'49"N
Longitude: 84°31'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.596944444444,-84.528888888889

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	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Ba Fe O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	15	268550,268551,268552,268553,268554,268555,268557,268558,268559,268563,268564,268566,268567,268568,268569	11547
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	268565	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	268561	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	268561,268562,268565	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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