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:
McDuffie Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23970
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23970.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McDuffie Co., Georgia, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dearing
Georgia Kaolin Pit
Germany Creek
Thompson

Latitude: 33°27'24"N
Longitude: 82°28'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.456666666667,-82.478055555556

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Troilite ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Kaolinite Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	202488	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	202488	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	202486	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	202480,202485,202486,202488,202489	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	202486	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	202485,202486	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	202486	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	202488	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	202481,202485,202486,202488,202489	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	202485,202486,202488,202489	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	202481,202485,202486,202488,202489	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	202481,202485,202486,202487,202488,202489,202491,202493	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	202475	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	202486,202488	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	202481	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	202481,202485,202486,202488,202489	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	5	202481,202485,202486,202488,202489	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	202477,202481,202486,202488,202490	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	202481,202485,202486,202488,202489	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	202488	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	202488	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	202481,202486	2045
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	202492	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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