Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pickens Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pickens Co., Georgia, USA": 79
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 71

Number of Child Localities: 48
Child Localities:
A. M. Darnell Prospect
Allen Morton Prospect
Amicalola Quarries
Burleson Mine
C. C. West Prospects
Cagle
Charcoal Quarry
Davis Mine
Dishroom Property
Duncan Quarry
Federal School
Georgia Marble Company Mine Number 5 (Marble Products Company Mine)
Georgia Mining Company Quarry (Cherokee Quarries; Creole Quarries)
H & M Quarry
Hendrix
Holcomb
J. F. Carney Prospect
J. L. Mullinax Prospect
Jasper
Jerusalem Quarry
Kennesaw Quarry
Little Stone Division Mine Number 6 (Cove Mountain Mine)
Lots 132; 133 & 172
Marble Hill
Marble Quarry Unnamed (1)
Marble Quarry Unnamed (2)
Marble Quarry Unnamed (3)
Marblehill
May Davis Prospect
Mine No. 3
Mine Number 4 (Georgia Marble Company No. 1 Mine)
Nelson Marble Prospect
North Georgia Quarry
Number 3 Mine
Pickens County Meteorite
Piedmont Quarry
Pine Log Quarry
Richards Property
S. C. Tate Estate
Tate
Unnamed Marble Quarry (10191685)
Unnamed Marble Quarry (10215858)
W. J. Garrison Prospect
W. J. Hogan Property
W. J. Hogan Property (1)
W. P. Stancil Prospect
Walker Mine
Whitestone

Latitude: 34°26'30"N
Longitude: 84°24'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.441666666667,-84.414722222222

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Iron
Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Staurolite	Talc

Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 As Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Garnet Iron
Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Spinel Staurolite Talc

26 IMA Minerals at location:

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	0		2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	202819,202873	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	6	202800,202817,202854,202855,202856,202859	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	202819,202831,202833,202872,202873	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	202806,202831,202833	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	202831,202833	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	8	202809,202822,202823,202831,202871,202872,202874,202875	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	202830	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	202824,202831	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	202831	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	202848	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	202798,202805,202817,202839,202855,202865	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	12	202808,202812,202814,202816,202820,202825,202826,202831,202856,202857,202858,202860	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	202798,202801,202803,202805,202814,202815,202816,202817,202821,202831,202832,202838,202839,202840,202841,202842,202855,202856,202857,202861,202865,202868,202869	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	4	202819,202831,202833,202873	306
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	202831,202833	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	202819,202831,202833,202873	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	202873	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	202798,202801,202805,202817,202839,202840,202841,202842,202853,202854,202855,202856,202857	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	202831,202833,202857	5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	202814	978
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	202848	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	202831,202833	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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