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:
McMinn Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 130364
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130364.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McMinn Co., Tennessee, USA": 64
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 59

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Athens
Athens Quarry (McMinn County Quarry)
C. Cate Bank R.G. Patty Bank
Calhoun Area
Charleston District
Floyd Webb Stone Company Quarry
Goodsprings-Bethel Iron Mine
McSpadden Mine
Mine No. 1
Nonaburg Iron Mine (1869; Hills Bank Safford; Pit Number 332)
Oostanaula Creek Area
Pierce Prospect
Reed And Webb Prospects
Sweetwater Barite District-Central Belt
Sweetwater Barite District-Eastern Belt
Sweetwater Barite District-Western Belt
U. S. Flourspar Mine
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10305685)
Webb Stone Company Quarry Pit No. 332 (Webb Stone Co; Div Dalton Rock Prod; Webb Stone Company Quarry; Pit Number 332)

Latitude: 35°26'18"N
Longitude: 84°35'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.438333333333,-84.593333333333

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	Corundum	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	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 C Ca F Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	37	268550,268551,268552,268553,268554,268555,268557,268558,268559,268563,268564,268566,268567,268568,268569,268571,268572,268573,268574,268576,268577,268578,268580,268581,268582,268583,268584,268585,268586,268587,268588,268589,268590,268591,268592,268593,268594	11547
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	268591,268592	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	268573,268595	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	268565,268590	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	268545	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	268537,268542,268561	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	268535	3106
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	268561,268562,268565,268573,268590	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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