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


mindat Locality ID: 65545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65545.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Benjamin Prospect
Coosa River News Prospect
Dawkins Prospects
Farrar-Wallace Prospect
Grizzle Property
Grizzle Prospect
H. Amason Prospect
Knight's Mill Prospect
Lashley Property Prospect (Fisher Mine)
Manning Placer
W. D. Mitchell Property
W. D. Mitchell Prospect
W. D. Mitchell Prospect No. 2

Latitude: 33°14'42"N
Longitude: 85°40'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.245,-85.669444444444
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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe H K O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteCarminiteChalcopyriteClayCopperMicaNonePharmacosiderite
QuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Carminite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Greenalite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Pitticite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11255692734
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O30231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS6125569,125571,125572,125575,125579,1255809052
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)20178
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112556927198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2125569,12557524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu7125569,125571,125572,125573,125577,125578,12557930554
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4061
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2112557417380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)0140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25125571,125572,125573,125575,12557861156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11255691153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112556921482


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