Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tallapoosa Co., Alabama, USA

mindat Locality ID: 65641
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65641.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tallapoosa Co., Alabama, USA": 110
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 104

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
Alexander City-Hackneyville
Allen Clay Prospect
Blue Hill Mine
Boyds Creek Complex
Buttston Mica Mine
Buttston Mine
Camp Hill
Collum Deposit (Collum-Taylor Mine)
Dadeville
Dadeville Complex
Devils Backbone District
Dixie Farms Deposit
Doc Heard Prospect
Doss Mountain Area
Doss Mountain Complex
Dutch Bend Mine (Ulrich Mine; Romanoff Mine)
Eagle Creek District
Easterwood Mine
Easton-Dudleyville Area
Elkhatchee Quartz Diorite
Goldville District
Herzfield Prospect
Hillabee Plant And Pit Number 1
Hog Mountain Mine (Hillabee Mine; Hogback Mine)
Jacksons Gap
Kidd Mine (B. E. Kidd Jr. Mine)
Kowaliga Gneiss
Lake Martin
Louis Taylor Prospect
Old Berry Mine
Our Town
Pinkneyville
Robert Russell Prospect
Robertson Property
Rockford Area Occurrence
Saunders Prospect
Suzanna
Tallapoosa Mining Co. Prospect
Thomas Mine
W. W. Hicks Mine
Wades Mill

Latitude: 32°55'54"N
Longitude: 85°43'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.931666666667,-85.730833333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Margarite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zaratite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti W Y Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	7	128479,128505,128518,128529,128530,128531,128545	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	128572	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	128568,128585	1310
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	23	128486,128487,128506,128518,128521,128522,128523,128524,128525,128526,128529,128530,128531,128533,128534,128535,128537,128538,128539,128540,128544,128545,128546	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	128507,128548,128559,128568	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	128507	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	128483	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	128507,128548,128568,128581	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	7	128518,128522,128524,128529,128530,128546,128582	3902
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	128582	70
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	11	128505,128518,128522,128527,128530,128539,128540,128541,128542,128543,128546	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	128490	4165
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	16	128486,128506,128518,128521,128522,128524,128526,128528,128529,128530,128531,128535,128537,128539,128540,128544	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	128485,128575	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	128518	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	128507	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	128581	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	38	128478,128490,128491,128492,128493,128494,128495,128497,128498,128499,128500,128501,128502,128507,128510,128511,128512,128513,128514,128515,128516,128548,128549,128550,128551,128552,128553,128554,128556,128558,128559,128560,128561,128562,128563,128564,128565,128568	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	128569	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	128568	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	128561	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	7	128484,128504,128517,128519,128532,128536,128570	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	128489,128573	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	128506	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	128518,128527,128578	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	128507	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	128478,128495,128507,128561	5674
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	128582	168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	128536,128571,128575	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	15	128482,128484,128504,128507,128517,128519,128532,128536,128561,128568,128570,128573,128574,128580,128583	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	128495,128502,128507,128548,128559,128561,128568,128570	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	128507,128561,128568	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	31	128482,128484,128490,128493,128494,128495,128500,128502,128504,128507,128510,128511,128512,128513,128514,128516,128519,128532,128536,128548,128550,128552,128559,128560,128561,128564,128565,128568,128570,128572,128574	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	128568	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	128489	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	128548,128568	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	128518	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	128557,128561,128568	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	24	128486,128487,128506,128518,128521,128522,128523,128524,128526,128527,128529,128530,128531,128533,128534,128535,128537,128538,128539,128540,128544,128545,128546,128582	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4	128505,128506,128537,128540	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	7	128506,128518,128522,128530,128537,128540,128545	652
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	128518	56

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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