Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lee Co., Alabama, USA

mindat Locality ID: 65596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lee Co., Alabama, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Auburn
Auburn Plant & Quarry
Bruce Priester Prospect
Chewalca Limeworks
Chewalca State Park
Columbus
Farmville Granite (Bottle Granite)
Hearn Mine
Hilyer-Knight Prospect (Tucker Prospect)
James Dimension Stone Quarry
Kiln-Gilmore Dolomite Quarry
Lake Harding
Lee 1 Clay Prospect
Loachapoka Schist
Loblockee Creek
North Opelika Gibbsite Prospect
Opelika Quartzite Quarry
Pine Mountain Window
Ropes Creek Amphibolite
Salem Diabase Dike
Salem Pit
Snapper Diabase Dike
Spring Villa
T. H. Clower Prospect
Uchee Belt
Unnamed Locality
Unnamed Roadcut
Whatley Mill Gneiss
Yarborough-Smith-Neighbor Prospect

Latitude: 32°38'12"N
Longitude: 85°22'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.636666666667,-85.3675

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Diamond	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron
Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel
Titanite	Zircon

Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diamond ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Taenite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Diamond Epidote Feldspar Garnet Iron
Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel
Titanite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	127540	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	127523	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	127535	27770
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	127519	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	127526	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	127518	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	127535,127538,127540	8173
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	127536	504
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	127538,127539	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	127538	1544
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	127519	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	127536	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	127532,127534	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	127527,127549	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	127548	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	127520,127538,127539,127545,127550	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	127527	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	127518,127525	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	0		303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	127548	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	127535,127548	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	127540,127544,127545,127550	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	127519	374
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	4	127527,127532,127539,127546	1516
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	127519	703
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	127540	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	127525	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	127519	1044
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	127547	939
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	127540,127549	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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