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:
Tellico Plains, Monroe Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 130371
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130371.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tellico Plains, Monroe Co., Tennessee, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ballplay Iron Pit
Cole Manganese Property
Erwin And Cardin Prospect
Ground Hog Mountain Prospect
Kilby Prospect
McDaniel Prospect
Unnamed Sulphate Locality

Latitude: 35°20'42"N
Longitude: 84°18'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.345,-84.302777777778

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.

Alunite	Corundum	Diaspore	Halotrichite	Melanterite	None	Rutile	Vivianite	Voltaite

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn O P S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Corundum Diaspore Halotrichite Melanterite None Rutile Vivianite Voltaite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Apjohnite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Manganite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Vivianite ()*
Voltaite ()*	Yavapaiite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	268807	28
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	268804	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	268801	7437
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	268807	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	268801	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	268807	2228
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	268803,268804	770
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	268807	915
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	268804	3106
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	268801	636
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	268807	111
Yavapaiite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂	1	268807	8

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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