Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sweetwater Barite District-Western Belt, McMinn Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 130366
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130366.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sweetwater Barite District-Western Belt, McMinn Co., Tennessee, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Benton Barite Mine
Gilman Barite Mine
Godsey Mine A
Godsey Mine B
Green Barite Mines
Guffy Barite Mine
H. J. Moore Barite Mine (Wattenberger Mine)
Holt Mine
J. M. Godsey Mines
Jones Mine
Kyker Mine
L. A. Wood Barite Mine (Calhoun Barite Mine)
Potter Barite Mines
Richesin Barite Mine
Shelton Barite Mine
Unnamed Barite Mine (MRDS - 10025861)
Unnamed Barite Mine (MRDS - 10102286)
Unnamed Barite Prospect (MRDS - 10025852)
W. L. Baugh Barite Mines

Latitude: 35°28'12"N
Longitude: 84°41'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.47,-84.695

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	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 C Ca Mg O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	18	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
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	268590	24243
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	268590	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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