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Locality Name:
Draketown Pyrite District, Haralson Co., Georgia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 550
Youngest recorded age at locality: 550

mindat Locality ID: 213185
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213185.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Draketown Pyrite District, Haralson Co., Georgia, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Douglas Prospects
Gober Property
King Property
Tallapoosa Mine (Waldrop Mine)
W. M. Raburn Property
Westbrook Property

Latitude: 33°48'35"N
Longitude: 85°3'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.809722222222,-85.060277777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteDiasporeEpsomiteMalachiteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetradymite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S55055012021165707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2550550120211627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS55055012021164165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)255055012021169895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O5505501202116484
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS550550120211624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5505502202115,2021167437
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)655055012021162228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4120211314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2550550120211612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2550550120211617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2550550120211639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212021133106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25505502202113,20211661156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101202113312
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS550550120211621482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S5505501202116510



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-01050550550Precambrian-Late Cambrian       S23667Tallapoosa Mine (Waldrop Mine), Draketown Pyrite District, Haralson Co., Georgia, USATallapoosaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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