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:
Jasper, Pickens Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 213198
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213198.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jasper, Pickens Co., Georgia, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cove Mountain Mine
Longswamp Creek
Perseverance Quarry
Sharp Top Mountain
Sharp Top Mountain (2)
Unnamed Locality

Latitude: 34°22'56"N
Longitude: 84°20'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.382222222222,-84.333888888889

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.

Calcite	Clay	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite

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 O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Mica None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Graphite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	202819	2162
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	202819	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	202822,202823	9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	202824	2812
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	202820,202825,202826	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	202821	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	202819	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	202819	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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