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


mindat Locality ID: 293277
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293277.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Copperhill Mine (Eureka Mine; Isabella Mine)

Latitude: 35°2'0"N
Longitude: 84°21'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.033333333333,-84.362777777778
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 Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperGarnetNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStaurolite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)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)212688693419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312688692353
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126886927770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1268869925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126886927198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612688694135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126886924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu126886930554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61268869741
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4126886914899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126886939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812688699056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126886961156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12688695186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS126886921482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1268869978
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212688692562


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