Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Clay Co., Alabama, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 3282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clay Co., Alabama, USA": 228
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 209

Number of Child Localities: 112
Child Localities:
Alabama Copper Belt
Alabama Tin Belt
Alamag Copper Prospects No. 3
Alamag Copper Prospects No. 4
Antioch Church
Ashland Cyanite Prospect
Ashland District
Ashland Graphite
Ashland Mine (Gibson Mine)
Bains Prospect
Barfield Mine
Bluff Springs Pluton
Bob Lee No. 2 Mine
Broad Arrow Mine (Broken Arrow Mine)
Brown Prospect (2)
Campbell-Alabama Mineral Land Mine
Carr's Mill
Clay 4 Clay Prospect
Cockrell Lode Prospect
Coleta
Cragford District
Delta
Dempsey
Erin
Erin (2)
Erin (3)
F & G Mica Mine
Four Pits Prospect
G. C. Miller Prospect
Garrett Property
Gibbs Lubricating Company Prospect
Gibson Mine
Good Hope Church Mine
Great Southern Mica Company Mine
Griffin Mine
Hackneyville Schist
Haralson Mine
Hatchet Creek
Hillabee Greenstone
Hodge Mica Mine (C. D. Hodge Prospect)
Hudson Mica Mine
Idaho District
J. D. Crarter Prospect
J. J. Smith No. 2 Prospect
J. M. Smith Prospect
J. Van Smith Prospect
J. W. Hunter Prospect
J. W. Smith Mine
Jasper Williams Property
Jones-Bunn Prospect
Lett No. 1 And 2 Prospects
Lett No. 3 Prospect
M And G Mine
Mad Indian Group
Mary Low Prospect
McGee Prospect (McGhee Prospect; McLee Property)
Millerville
Old Copper Mine Prospect
Pine Hill Mine
Pitts No. 2 Mine
Poe Bridge Mountain
Pyrite Prospect (MRDS - 10112263)
Pyriton District
Quenelda
Reams Clay Prospect
Robert Stringfellow Property
Robinson Mica Prospect
S. M. And F. Smith Mine
Shinbone Gin
Shinbone Valley
Shirey Prospect No. 2
Shirey Prospect No. 3
Shirey Prospect No. 4
Shirley-Gopher Mine
Simmons Clay Prospect
Stringfellow Copper Prospect
Suggs Beryl Prospect
Talledega Group
Thomas Peoples Prospect
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10257938)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10135791)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10185007)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10185268)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10208991)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10081326)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10160618)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10232911)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10232734)
Unnamed Locality
Unnamed Locality (2)
Unnamed Manganese Locality (1)
Unnamed Manganese Locality (2)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10111842)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10111987)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10184844)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10257752)
Unnamed Mica Mine (MRDS - 10208706)
Unnamed Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10159219)
Unnamed Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10184504)
Unnamed Mica Prospect (MRDS - 10281910)
Unnamed Zinc - Copper - Lead Prospect (MRDS - 10112191)
Unnamed Zinc Prospect (MRDS - 10160011)
Unnamed Zinc Prospect (MRDS - 10281687)
Unnamed Zinc Prospect (MRDS - 10281703)
USGS MR-60 Alabama No. 7 Prospect
Van Smith Manganese Prospect
Van Smith Soapstone Prospect
W. D. Dye Prospect
W. H. Lane Mica Prospect
W. M. Sharps Mine
Weathers
Weathers Mine

Latitude: 33°19'12"N
Longitude: 85°47'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.32,-85.796666666667

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Beryl
Bismutite	Carminite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Turquoise	Wavellite

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 As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Cu Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Beryl
Bismutite Carminite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Talc Titanite Tourmaline Turquoise Wavellite

70 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Carminite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Greenalite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Planerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Roscoelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	390	390	4	125608,125621,125649,125658	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	125604	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	125593,125627	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	125686	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2	125568,125569	2734
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃			1	125568	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			7	125568,125569,125571,125572,125575,125579,125580	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	125608	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	125500,125567	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	125592,125672	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	390	390	4	125584,125585,125590,125658	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			2	125500,125649	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	125500	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	125500	716
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	125568	178
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	125584	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			2	125648,125684	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	390	390	3	125608,125658,125684	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			15	125500,125568,125569,125608,125648,125650,125651,125652,125658,125659,125663,125664,125666,125667,125684	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	125608	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	125608	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	390	390	1	125658	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			4	125608,125658,125663,125664	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	125611	599
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	390	390	2	125608,125658	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	390	390	5	125563,125569,125575,125649,125658	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	125617	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	125608,125656,125677	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			30	125565,125568,125569,125571,125572,125573,125577,125578,125579,125611,125612,125613,125615,125616,125618,125619,125620,125622,125623,125624,125625,125626,125627,125628,125629,125630,125631,125633,125634,125693	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			35	125507,125512,125513,125515,125516,125517,125518,125519,125520,125521,125522,125523,125524,125528,125529,125531,125532,125533,125534,125536,125537,125540,125541,125542,125544,125545,125546,125547,125548,125550,125554,125585,125611,125622,125627	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	125568	61
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	390	390	0		14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			2	125611,125678	243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	125560,125656	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			21	125556,125557,125559,125584,125585,125586,125587,125589,125590,125596,125609,125617,125636,125640,125642,125643,125673,125674,125679,125680,125682	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			3	125590,125594,125646	1507
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			2	125611,125678	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			5	125510,125585,125611,125675,125697	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	125567,125664,125668	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	125660	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	125558	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	125500	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	390	390	44	125512,125519,125520,125550,125556,125557,125559,125561,125574,125583,125584,125585,125586,125587,125588,125589,125590,125596,125599,125600,125603,125605,125609,125610,125622,125627,125636,125639,125640,125642,125643,125644,125645,125647,125655,125658,125673,125674,125679,125680,125681,125682,125720,125722	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	125514	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	125649	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	125646	2349
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			1	125500	158
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			1	125568	428
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)			1	125568	140
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	125592	43
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			18	125512,125585,125598,125641,125645,125648,125650,125651,125652,125658,125659,125662,125663,125664,125666,125667,125684,125698	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			9	125614,125617,125632,125670,125677,125678,125699,125700,125714	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	125652	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			47	125519,125556,125557,125559,125563,125565,125568,125571,125572,125573,125575,125578,125583,125584,125586,125587,125589,125590,125592,125594,125596,125600,125603,125609,125610,125611,125616,125618,125628,125636,125639,125640,125642,125643,125644,125645,125648,125652,125655,125670,125673,125674,125679,125680,125682,125720,125722	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			2	125611,125632	969
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			8	125516,125517,125519,125520,125521,125522,125524,125611	253
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	390	390	0		2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			2	125568,125569	1153
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			3	125512,125646,125656	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	125611	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			8	125568,125569,125648,125659,125663,125664,125666,125667	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	125656	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	125715	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	390	390	0		1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	125646	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	125608	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			3	125592,125622,125627	484
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	390	390	0		652
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	125592	374
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	390	390	2	125608,125658	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-01008	390	390	Early-Middle Devonian										S	176657	Pyriton Area, Pyriton District, Clay Co., Alabama, USA	Pyriton	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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