Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pine Mountain, Rabun Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24336
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24336.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pine Mountain, Rabun Co., Georgia, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
H. W. Bartley Property
Hicks Mine (Hicks Asbestos Mine)
Laurel Creek Mine
Nicholson Mine
Nicholson Mine (Pig Pen Mountain)
Reid Mine

Latitude: 34°56'39"N
Longitude: 83°10'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.944166666667,-83.177777777778

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	Diaspore	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Pyroxene
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

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 Cr Fe H K Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Lepidocrocite Mica None Pyroxene
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anthophyllite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Chromite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*
Enstatite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Talc ()*	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	3	203055,203057,203059	718
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	203056	195
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	203056	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	203056	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	203056	481
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	203055,203058	944
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	203054	30554
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	203058	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	203057	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	203056	2273
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	203058	3337
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	3	203055,203056,203059	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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