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Locality Name:
Fannin Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24319
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24319.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fannin Co., Georgia, USA": 63
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
Arp Property
Blue Ridge
Boardtown Creek
Bryant Property
Bryant Prospect
Chattahoochee National Forest
Collins Property
Cutcane Creek
Deering Property
Dillard & Prince Mine
Ducktown
Epworth
Fairburn
Hackney Placer
Hame String Creek Property
Hogback Mountain
J. Y. Allen Property
Jeptha Patterson Prospect
Kellogg Prospect
Lebanon School
Lot 297
Lots 277; 278; 299; 300; 314
Margaret Robinson Property
McCloud Mine
McKinney Mine
McKinney Mine Area
Mineral Bluff
Mobile Copper Mine (Shaffer Mine)
Noontootly Creek
Owenby Property
Park Property
Polk Patterson Mine
Rantze Hill Mine
Rapier Mill Creek Deposit
Sally Jane Prospect
Samples Rock Quarry
Silvey Property
Union
W. H. Dodd Property
Wade Allenis Gold Mine
Youngstone Creek Property

Latitude: 34°54'10"N
Longitude: 84°18'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.902777777778,-84.300833333333

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 Au Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparGarnetMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileScapoliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTalcVivianiteWavellite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meionite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212016023419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12016018803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312015582353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212015842162
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812015674286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412016025516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2201602,20160427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12016025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210201560,201569,201570,201573,201578,201582,201602,201603,201604,20161127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12016043531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12016023846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63201576,201602,2016044135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22201569,2016179895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120160224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)7201558,201559,201586,201587,201589,201602,2016047437
Gold  (*)CopperAu5201577,201588,201605,201609,20161630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32201558,20159914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312015915433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO46201557,201558,201563,201579,201580,2016141507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12015731271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4120159114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26201573,201582,201602,201603,201604,20161112537
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)1201569176
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23201558,201567,20159217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28201569,201573,201582,201591,201602,201603,201604,20161139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212015593106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84201573,201591,201602,2016049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25201558,201576,201595,201601,20160261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212015915614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2201602,20160421482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)5201558,201574,201592,201593,201594978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)26201561,201569,201595,201596,201597,2015983337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12016021101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23201569,201591,2016022562
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2201573,201604636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1201585374
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2201602,2016041025



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