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Locality Name:
Tate, Pickens Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23952
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23952.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tate, Pickens Co., Georgia, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Austin Blan Property
Bozeman Mine (Jones Mine)
Denson Mine
F. M. Cagle Mine (Cagle Mine; Dunsmore Mine)
Harmony School
R. H. Cook Farm
Refuge Church
Silver-Gray No. 8 Quarry
Tate Quarry

Latitude: 34°25'29"N
Longitude: 84°22'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.424722222222,-84.366944444444

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 Be H K O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylClayKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutile

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O184202854,202855,202856,2028594286
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412028555591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO44202856,202857,202858,2028601507
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24202855,202856,202857,20286117380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24202854,202855,202856,20285761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212028575614



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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