Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ducktown, Ducktown District, Polk Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4124
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4124.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ducktown, Ducktown District, Polk Co., Tennessee, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Boyd Mine (Culchote Vein)
Eureka Mine
Hiwassee Mine (Tennessee Copper Company)

Latitude: 35°1'45"N
Longitude: 84°22'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.029166666667,-84.38

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Melanterite Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Titanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	1	268881	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	268881	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	268883	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	268881,268882,268883	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	268881	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	268881	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	268881	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	268881	741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	268881	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	268881,268882	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	268881	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	268881	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	268881,268882	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	268881,268882	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	268881	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	268881	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	268881	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	268881	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	268881	978
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	268883	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	268881	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	268881	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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