Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ashland District, Clay Co., Alabama, USA

mindat Locality ID: 65542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ashland District, Clay Co., Alabama, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Acme Mine
Alabama Flake Graphite Mine
Ashland Mine
Clay County Mine
Eagle Mine
Enitachopco Mine (Redding Mine)
Jennings Mine
National Mine
Quenelda Mine
Republic Mine
Southern Mine
Superior Flake Mine
Unnamed Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10081301)

Latitude: 33°16'19"N
Longitude: 85°57'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.271944444444,-85.955555555556

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.

Clay	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

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 C Fe H K Na O S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Graphite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Roscoelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Graphite ()*	None	C	11	125513,125515,125516,125517,125518,125519,125520,125521,125522,125523,125524	2812
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	125519,125520	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	125514	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	125519	61156
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	125516,125517,125519,125520,125521,125522,125524	253
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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