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Locality Name:
Buford, Gwinnett Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24674.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buford, Gwinnett Co., Georgia, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Buford Dam Site
Owens Mine
Piedmont Mine
Richland Creek Placers

Latitude: 34°7'0"N
Longitude: 84°1'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.116666666667,-84.033055555556
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: Au C Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212019645509
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22201963,20196427198
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1201963345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120196524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3201964,201965,20196630554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120196412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212019635800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120196539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12019651725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812019639056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2120196561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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