Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Clayton, Rabun Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clayton, Rabun Co., Georgia, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Black Rock Mountain
Burrell Property
Gennett Prospect
Joe Speed Property
John Wilson Prospect
Kell Mine (Kelly Mine)
Lamar Mine
Ledbetter Mine
Mark Beck Mine
North Georgia Mine
Norton Mine
Page Mine (Page Branch; Page Property)
Porter McCraken Mine
Unnamed Deposit
Woodland Lodge

Latitude: 34°53'57"N
Longitude: 83°16'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.899166666667,-83.270555555556

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	Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite

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 Fe H K Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Mica None Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Anthophyllite ()*	Beryl ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	203013,203024	718
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	203019	4286
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	203011	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	203017,203022	30554
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	203014,203019,203021,203023	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	203016,203021	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	203015,203016,203018,203020,203025	61156
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	203012	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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