Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blue Ridge, Fannin Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 213168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Ridge, Fannin Co., Georgia, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hot House Creek Valley
J. Fred Hackney Property
Unnamed Iron Mine
Weaver Creek
Wishon Property

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile
Staurolite	Talc

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile
Staurolite Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	201558	2353
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	201560	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	201558,201559	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	201558	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	201557,201558	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	201558	17380
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	201559	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	201558	61156
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	201558	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	201561	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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