Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Chattooga Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24682
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24682.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chattooga Co., Georgia, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Aggregate Quarry
Alexander Property
Armington Bank
Chelsea
Dallas York Tripoli Mine
Dirseller Mt. Area-B
Dirtseller Mt. Area
Gore
Halloysite Mine
Hermitage Cave Springs Bobo
Holland's Store Meteorite
Justice Deposit
Lyerly
Maddox's Mine Area
Maddox's Mine Area-B
Menlo Area
Neal Mine
Scruggs Bank
Shropshire Deposit 1
Shropshire Deposit 2
Summerville
Taylor Mine
Trion

Latitude: 34°29'46"N
Longitude: 85°19'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.496111111111,-85.316666666667

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Iron	Kaolinite	Melanterite	None
Quartz	Wavellite

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 C Ca F Fe H Mg Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Iron Kaolinite Melanterite None
Quartz Wavellite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Opal ()*
Quartz ()*	Taenite ()*	Wavellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	201133	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	201118,201136	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	4	201105,201123,201130,201134	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	201124,201125,201127	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	201107,201110,201119,201120,201121,201122,201132	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	201115	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	201114	5591
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	201134	915
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	201128,201129	61156
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	201115	703
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	2	201104,201111	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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