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Locality Name:
Canton, Cherokee Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canton, Cherokee Co., Georgia, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Canton Meteorite
Canton Mine (Rich Mine)
Chattahoochee Iron Property
Clarkson Mine
Lot 202
Lot 71
McAfee Soapstone Quarry
Unnamed Locality
W. T. Worley Property

Latitude: 34°14'31"N
Longitude: 84°32'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.241944444444,-84.534722222222
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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeIronMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTalc

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Iron  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12011659052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120116527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12011655707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120116527198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1201165281
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312011691797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12011654165
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61201172944
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41201165445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120116524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12011667437
Gold  (*)CopperAu120116730554
Iron  (*)IronFe12011641089
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412011651507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43201168,201169,20117214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212011655674
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61201165170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120116539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12011651725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812011659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22201165,20116861156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12011651153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120116521482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1201165978
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1201164703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212011703337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212011712562


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