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Locality Name:
Chilton Co., Alabama, USA


mindat Locality ID: 65519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chilton Co., Alabama, USA": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 40
Child Localities:
Blue Creek (Ripatoe Placer)
Booth
Brand Prospect
Chilton 1 Clay Prospect
Chilton County District
Davis Pit
Dean Pit
Fitzpatrick Mica Prospect No. 1
Fitzpatrick Mica Prospect No. 2
Foshee Kyanite Prospect
Frye Shale Pit
Gold Mine Branch
Hatchett Creek
Heatley Prospect
Honeycut's Mill
Hubbard Iron Mine
Jenkins Pit (Jenkins Brick Company Pit)
Lamar 1 Pit
Lamar 2 Pit
Maddox Mica Mine
Maplesville
Marbury
Mayfield Pit
Mitchell Dam Amphibolite
Mitchell Dam Area
Mountain Creek
Mountain Creek District
Nelson Iron Prospect
New Providence Church
Outcrop (MRDS - 10136077)
Ripatoe Placer
Rocky Mount
Unnamed Gold Placer (MRDS - 10081318)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10112267)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10136141)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10160261)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10258005)
Verbena
Wessington Shale Prospect
William Howard Property

Latitude: 32°55'48"N
Longitude: 86°37'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.93,-86.620555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si Ti V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperDiasporeEpidoteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Roscoelite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11254189052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112541827198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11254401025
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21125440327
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11254418173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2125444,1254527437
Gold  (*)CopperAu9125413,125418,125419,125420,125421,125428,125456,125458,12546630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11254642812
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO44125429,125436,125441,1254541507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4112542914899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22125436,12546417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23125418,125431,12545639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211254373106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29125413,125418,125419,125421,125428,125431,125438,125458,12546661156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21125464253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211254295614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52125429,1254411516


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