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


mindat Locality ID: 213197
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213197.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Draketown Pyrite District, Paulding Co., Georgia, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Douglas Prospects
Kirk Property
Swift Mine

Latitude: 33°50'33"N
Longitude: 85°1'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.8425,-85.031666666667
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 C Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeMalachiteMicaNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelValleriiteWurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120275427198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812027541756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12027544165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31202754802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120275424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12027547437
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42202752,20275414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120275412537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2120275317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120275439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212027523106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812027549056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22202752,20275361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120275421482
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]1202754237


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