Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Marion Co., Tennessee, USA

mindat Locality ID: 61968
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61968.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marion Co., Tennessee, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Bennetts Lake Quarry
Jasper Job
Marion County Cave
Marion Quarry (Marion Quarry/Ketchall Quarry; Vulcan Materials Company; Chantnga Div.)
Nicajack Cave (Nicojack Cave)
Nickajack Plant
Nixon No. 1 Mine (Inman Mines)
Nixon No. 2 Mine (Inman Mines)
Patten Entries (Inman Mines)
Richard City Quarry (Penn-Dixie Cement Corporation)
Signal Mountain Plant No. 521 (Vulcan Materials Company; Midsouth Div.; Signal Mountain Pit)
South Pittsburg Quarry
Tennessee Coal & Iron No. 1 Mine (Inman Mines)
Tennessee Coal & Iron No. 2 Mine (Inman Mines)
Tennessee Coal & Iron No. 3 Mine (Inman Mines)
Thomas And Associates

Latitude: 35°10'43"N
Longitude: 85°36'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.178611111111,-85.600833333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg N O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca F Fe H O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Corundum Fluorite Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gwihabaite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Niter ()*	Nitrocalcite ()*	Nitromagnesite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gwihabaite ()*	None	(NH₄)(NO₃)	1	268313	10
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	2	268311,268313	181
Nitrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(NO₃)₂·4H₂O	1	268313	46
Nitromagnesite ()*	None	Mg(NO₃)₂·6H₂O	1	268313	12
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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