Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Auraria, Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Auraria, Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Georgia, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Battle Branch Mine
Etowah River
Summerour Property
Topabri Mine

Latitude: 34°27'30"N
Longitude: 84°2'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.458333333333,-84.038888888889

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Staurolite	Tetradymite

Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb Pt S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Epidote Garnet Malachite Marcasite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Staurolite Tetradymite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	202370	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	202370	3092
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	202370	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	202370	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	202370	203
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	202370	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	202370,202373	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	202370	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	202370	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	202370	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	202370	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	202370	5674
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	202371	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	202370,202372	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	202370	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	202370	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	202370	61156
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	202370	978
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	202370	510
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	202370	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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