Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Etowah Co., Alabama, USA

mindat Locality ID: 65582
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65582.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Etowah Co., Alabama, USA": 94
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 85

Number of Child Localities: 42
Child Localities:
Attalla Iron Ore Prospect No. 1
Attalla Iron Ore Prospect No. 2
Attalla Iron Ore Prospect No. 3
Brothers Mill Gap/Moodys Gap
Crudup
Daisy Mine
Dunaway Mtn. Dolomite Quarry
Gadsden District
Gadsen Area Mines
Garigues Gap
Gilley Deposit
Glencoe Quarry (Glenco Mine)
Greasy Cove District
Greens Valley
Iron Prospect 1 (MRDS - 10160301)
Iron Prospect 2 (MRDS - 10257927)
Iron Prospect 3 (MRDS - 10160709)
Iron Prospect 4 (MRDS - 10185063)
Iron Prospect 5 (MRDS - 10136150)
Iron Prospect 6 (MRDS - 10257837)
Jap Mine
Keener
Markton Limestone Test Prospect
Moragne Citico & Attalla Mines
Robert Jelkes Property
Roebuck No. 1 Mine
Roebuck No. 2 Mine
Schoolhouse Gap Area Of Greasy Cove
Sewell Deposit
Shores Gap In Greasey Cove Area
Southside Pit
Tumlin Gap Mines
Union Hill Methodist Church
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10135764)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10160250)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10282369)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10209145)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10209207)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10282087)
Walnut Grove
Walnut Grove District
Wills Valley

Latitude: 33°59'9"N
Longitude: 86°6'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.985833333333,-86.103333333333

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	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

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 Ca F Fe H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Corundum Diaspore Fluorite None Quartz Rutile Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Manganite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	126621,126622,126623,126624,126625,126626	11547
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	126689	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	126637	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	25	126596,126601,126602,126603,126606,126607,126608,126609,126610,126612,126613,126617,126634,126636,126640,126642,126644,126658,126662,126663,126664,126666,126680,126683,126684	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	126654	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	3	126679,126685,126687	770
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	8	126620,126653,126654,126657,126679,126681,126685,126686	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	126645	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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