Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Gainesville, Hall Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gainesville, Hall Co., Georgia, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Byrd Mine
Chicopee
Currahee Mine
Gainesville Quarry
Gainsville Quarry (Chandle R Quarry)
Glade Mine
Glade Mine (Deavours Mines)
Homer Langford Property
Lowman Mine
Mamouth Prospect
McClesky Mine
Merck Mine (Hope Mine)
Potosi Mine
Soapstone Hill
Tom Randolph Property
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Prospect (1)
Unnamed Prospect (2)

Latitude: 34°20'26"N
Longitude: 83°48'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.340555555556,-83.815277777778

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	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Monazite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Talc	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Margarite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	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 C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diamond Garnet Kaolinite Mica Monazite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Talc Zircon

19 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	1	202062	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	202071,202074	718
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	202060	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	202071,202074	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	202063	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	202058	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	202059,202066,202067,202073	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	202057,202059,202062,202063,202064,202068,202070	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	202069	5591
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	2	202071,202074	168
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	202062	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	202069	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	202059,202064,202066,202067,202070	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	202057,202059,202062,202064,202066,202067,202068,202069,202070	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	202062	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	202065,202072	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	202059	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	202071,202074,202075	3337
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	202064	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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