Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cherokee Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3717
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3717.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cherokee Co., Georgia, USA": 130
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 116

Number of Child Localities: 89
Child Localities:
301 Mine
Altoona Lake
Andrew Satterfield Prospect
Bailey Property
Ball Ground District
Brady Mine (Southern Talc Mine)
Burty No. 1 Mine (Richards)
Canton
Cherokee Mine
Chester Prospect (Chester Turner Prospect)
Coggins Mine
Conn Church
Conn Creek School
Cook Mine
Cox Prospect
Davis Mine
Davis Mine (Owl Hollow; Davis Mine Owl Hollow; McGill)
Dean Mine
Delay Prospect
Dickerson Property
Evalee Richards Prospect
F. M. Williams Prospect
Four Mile Church
Frank Burt Prospect
G. I. Teasley Property
G. P. McFarland Property
Georgiana Mine
Gober
Grady Holbert Property (Grady Holbery Property)
Hause Mines
Hematite; Oredell Mine
Holly Springs
Iron Hill Mine
J. B. Wheeler Prospect
J. C. Casteel Prospect
J. F. Hillhouse Prospects
J. T. Haley Mine
James Higgins Property
James M.Quarles Property
Keithsburg
Kellogg Property
Kelogg Mine (Williams; Old Bell Cut; Kitchen)
L. L. Spence Property
L. L. Spence Property (2)
La Belle Mine
Latham (Chester; Latham Chester; F. Burt's; Burty No. 2)
Latham Mine
Lathantown
Lost Town Creek
Losttown Meteorite
Lot 208 Shaft
Lot 296
Lot 56
M. D. Smith Mine
M. M. Cole Mine
Marble Deposit Unnamed
McRae Property
Mrs Stearne's Property
Nelson
Pascoe Mine
Putnam Placer
R. M. Reece Prospect
Revis Deposit
Richards Mine
Rudicil Placer
S. R. Smith Mine
S. S. Densmore Prospect
Sandow Mine
Sharp Mountain Church
Shiloh Church
Sixes Gold Mine
Smith Property
South Amphlett Prospect
Stansill Mine
T. N. Westbrook Mine
Thompson-Weinman And Satterfield
Toonigh
Tripp Mine
Unnamed Chattahoochee Fe Property (10083959)
Unnamed Gold Deposit (10119299)
Unnamed Gold Deposit (10134967)
Victoria (Nahenta)
Waleska
Waleska Deposit
Waltz & Bates Mines (Iza Clayton Mines)
White Property
Woodstock
Worley Mine
Worley Mine (2)

Latitude: 34°13'52"N
Longitude: 84°27'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.231111111111,-84.461944444444

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.

Allanite	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tourmaline

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 Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pt S Se Si Te Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Pt

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Iron Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Meta-autunite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Talc Tetradymite Tourmaline

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Platinum ()*	Plumbogummite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	201138	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	201144	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	201151,201242	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	201263	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	201197,201200	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	201165,201242	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	201145,201178	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	201259	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	201145,201148,201152,201160	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	201145,201165	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	201165	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	201140,201145,201151,201165,201185,201245	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	201200	3902
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	201165	281
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	201145	518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	201169,201262	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	201165	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	201220	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	201172	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	201145	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	201165	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	201165	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	201154,201155,201166,201210	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	201138,201142,201150,201151,201162,201167,201173,201174,201182,201192,201212,201215,201216,201225,201232,201236,201239,201242,201245,201251,201253,201254,201266	30554
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	201153	209
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	201200	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	201198	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	201164,201221	1089
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	201256	172
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	201148,201234	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	6	201144,201165,201176,201188,201240,201241	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	201197,201200	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	201168,201169,201172,201224,201256,201265	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	201145,201197	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	201165	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	201145	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	201145	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	22	201145,201148,201152,201160,201179,201183,201184,201187,201195,201201,201203,201205,201206,201226,201233,201234,201238,201244,201249,201258,201260,201264	17380
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	0		485
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	201165	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	201140,201145,201151,201165,201185,201215,201228,201243,201245,201256	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	201165	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	201145,201151,201165	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	24	201140,201144,201145,201148,201151,201152,201153,201165,201168,201173,201183,201184,201195,201198,201201,201205,201226,201234,201242,201244,201245,201249,201260,201264	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	201148,201157	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	201151,201173	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	201145,201148,201156	2705
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	201221	374
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	201165	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	201165,201256	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	201143	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	4	201144,201147,201158,201165	978
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	201164,201221	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	201149,201170,201199,201200	3337
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	201231	510
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4	201171,201199,201200,201250	2562
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	201151,201153	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060180	Holly Springs, Cherokee Co., Georgia, USA	https://rruff.info/R060180

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