Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gilmer Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 66778
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66778.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gilmer Co., Georgia, USA": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
A. J. Pinson Property
Cartecay Iron Property
Cartecay Mine (Lucky Eight; Craticay Mine - Lucky Eight)
Cherrylog
Davis Property
E. B. Griffin Property
Ellijay
Georgia-Tioga Iron Company Mine
Gilmer County Quarry No. 1
Gilmer County Quarry No. 2
Holt Property
Lacey Property
Lots 142 & 143
Marble Bluff (Gartrell Property)
Mine No. 1 (Little Stone Div.)
Mine Number 2
Mrs. Will Rolston Property
T. W. Craigo Property
Tioga Iron Company Mine
Tioga Station
Unknown (10083735)
Unnamed Marble Mine (10168533)
W. A. Davis Property
W. H. Eller Property
Whitaker Property
White Path Placer
White Path Quarry
Whitepath
Whitestone
Wishon Talc Mine

Latitude: 34°41'13"N
Longitude: 84°26'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.686944444444,-84.4425

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Wavellite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rutile Spinel Wavellite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	201901	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	201865,201884	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	201866,201891	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	201868,201872,201873,201878	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	201864,201892,201897	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	201867	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	201877	17380
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	201900	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	201865	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	201865,201872,201897	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	201900	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	201877	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	201874	1516
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	201872	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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