Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Union Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24787
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24787.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Union Co., Tennessee, USA": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bill George Quarry (33 Quarry)
Clarks Hollow Kimberlite (Norris Lake Kimberlite)
Clinch Valley Area
East Tennessee Marble District
Graves Prospects
Harry Hollow Quarry (Union County Highway Department)
Hickory Valley Quarry
Luttrell Quarry (Luttrell Mining Company; Inc.)
Mayes Chapel
Powell River District
Unnamed Zinc (MRDS - 10300483)
Welch Quarry (Union County Road Commission)
Wilson Prospect

Latitude: 36°16'48"N
Longitude: 83°49'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.28,-83.832222222222

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Wurtzite

Amesite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	1	269229	74
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	269229	708
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	269231	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	269229,269231,269247	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	269247,269257	4979
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	269229	951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	18	269231,269235,269237,269240,269243,269244,269245,269247,269251,269255,269256,269257,269258,269259,269261,269263,269266,269267	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	13	269235,269240,269246,269247,269255,269257,269258,269260,269261,269263,269264,269267,269270	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	269243	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	3	269231,269247,269257	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	3	269243,269247,269257	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	269229	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	269229	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	269229	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	269231	5674
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	269229	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	269231,269235,269240,269243,269247,269253,269257,269258,269262,269263,269267,269270	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	269229	5614
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	7	269243,269244,269247,269257,269258,269260,269264	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	16	269231,269235,269240,269243,269245,269246,269247,269251,269252,269256,269257,269258,269259,269263,269264,269270	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	269229	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	269229	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	269229	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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