Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Elbert Co., Georgia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 466
Youngest recorded age at locality: 339

mindat Locality ID: 23881
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23881.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elbert Co., Georgia, USA": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 49
Child Localities:
Adams Mine
Adams Quarry
Alexander Mine
Anderson Mine
Beaver Dam Quarry
Bethlehem Church
Blue Diamond Quarry
Blue Ribbon Quarry
Bowman
Brown Property
C U Gaines Prospect
Childs Brothers Quarry
Church Prospect
Continental Quarry
Cooley Mine
Coronet Quarry
Crawford Mine
Daniel Mine
Deep Creek
Dewey Rose
Dewey Rose Mine
Elberton
Frank Mewburn Prospect
Ginn Placer (1)
Ginn Placer (2)
Harmony Church Pegmatite
Harper
Heard Mine
Hedquist Pink Quarry (Keystone Granite)
Highpoint Quarry
J H Craft Prospect
J H Moore Mine
J M Skelton Prospect
M L Gaines Mine
McCannon Granite Company Quarry
Nancy Hart Cabin
New Bethel M E Church Prospect
Old Harper Quarry
Peerless Extra Blue Quarry (Royal Blue Quarry)
Pyramid Quarry
Rock Branch
Scales Quarry
Sweet City Quarry
Swift Quarry McClanahan (Swift Tutt Quarry)
Turner Prospect
Unnamed Mica Prospect
Veal Blue Quarry
Ward Prospect
Worley Blue Quarry

Latitude: 34°10'30"N
Longitude: 82°51'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.175,-82.865

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.

Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Beryl ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Au Be Ca F Fe H K Mg O Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			2	201496,201514	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	201521	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			7	201493,201506,201513,201515,201525,201533,201542	4286
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	466	339	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	201514	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	201501,201523,201524	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			8	201493,201494,201506,201527,201530,201531,201533,201549	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	201500	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	201517	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	201519	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	201508,201509,201533	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			20	201491,201493,201494,201502,201504,201506,201509,201513,201515,201522,201527,201530,201531,201532,201533,201535,201536,201542,201546,201549	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	201517	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			19	201493,201494,201504,201506,201508,201509,201512,201513,201515,201522,201527,201530,201531,201532,201533,201541,201542,201546,201549	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			4	201499,201500,201510,201526	1516
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	466	445.8	0		5251

11 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-04416	361	339	350±11	Rb-Sr	maximum age of intrusion	whole rock		69649	Blue Diamond Quarry, Elbert Co., Georgia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04417	361	339	350±11	Rb-Sr	maximum age of intrusion	whole rock		69649	Blue Diamond Quarry, Elbert Co., Georgia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04418	361	339	350±11	Rb-Sr	maximum age of intrusion	whole rock		69649	Blue Diamond Quarry, Elbert Co., Georgia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04419	361	339	350±11	Rb-Sr	maximum age of intrusion	whole rock		69649	Blue Diamond Quarry, Elbert Co., Georgia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04410	361	339	350±11	Rb-Sr	maximum age of intrusion	whole rock		69664	Highpoint Quarry, Elbert Co., Georgia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04415	361	339	350±11	Rb-Sr	maximum age of intrusion	whole rock		69664	Highpoint Quarry, Elbert Co., Georgia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04420	361	339	350±11	Rb-Sr	maximum age of intrusion	whole rock		69664	Highpoint Quarry, Elbert Co., Georgia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04421	361	339	350±11	Rb-Sr	maximum age of intrusion	whole rock		69664	Highpoint Quarry, Elbert Co., Georgia, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00585_206_238	445.8	445.8	445.8	206_238		zircon	Zircon	69672	Peerless Extra Blue Quarry (Royal Blue Quarry), Elbert Co., Georgia, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00585_207_206	466	466	466	207_206		zircon	Zircon	69672	Peerless Extra Blue Quarry (Royal Blue Quarry), Elbert Co., Georgia, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00585_207_235	449.1	449.1	449.1	207_235		zircon	Zircon	69672	Peerless Extra Blue Quarry (Royal Blue Quarry), Elbert Co., Georgia, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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