Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Catoosa Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24686
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24686.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catoosa Co., Georgia, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Clark Quarry
Fry Quarry
Graysville
Narrows Gap
Ringgold
Taylors Ridge
Tunnel Hill
White Oak Mountain

Latitude: 34°55'48"N
Longitude: 85°5'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.93,-85.089444444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

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: Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Corundum Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	201079	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	201079,201080,201084	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	201079	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	201079	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	201081,201085,201089	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	201079	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	201087	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	201079,201083	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	201087	312

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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