Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
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:
Burke Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 27373
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27373.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burke Co., Georgia, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Briar Creek
Girard District
Milhaven
Old Shell Bluff Post Office
Stony Bluff
Waynesboro

Latitude: 33°2'23"N
Longitude: 81°42'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.039722222222,-81.7125
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O P S Si U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousBaryteCorundumDiamondDiasporeDufréniteFluoriteGypsumMeta-autunite
NonePyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteWavellite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)Crandallite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Dufrénite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Strengite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)120101711547
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1201017280
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O120101770
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61201017310
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1201019697
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1201017139
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212010179617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3201017,201022,2010237437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12010176890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3120101714640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612010172228
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)120101753
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1201017388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1201017443
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3201015,201017,2010202994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120101739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23201015,201017,20101861156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)51201017206
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1201017263
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1201017301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1201017374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...