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Locality Name:
Copperhill (Isabella; McCays; McKay), Ducktown District, Polk Co., Tennessee, USA


mindat Locality ID: 290018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copperhill (Isabella; McCays; McKay), Ducktown District, Polk Co., Tennessee, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cherokee Mine (School Property; Old Tennessee Mine)

Latitude: 35°0'32"N
Longitude: 84°23'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.008888888889,-84.394722222222
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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu 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: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMicaNickelineNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTitanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212688793419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126887927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126887927198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612688794135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126887924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu126887930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12688792812
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61268879741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312688795433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4126887914899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126887917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126887939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812688799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126887961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212688795614
Silver  (*)CopperAg12688795186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS126887921482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1268879978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12688794899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212688792562


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