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Locality Name:
Chestatee Deposit, Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Georgia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 850

mindat Locality ID: 66858
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66858.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chestatee Deposit, Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Georgia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrochantiteChalcopyriteCovelliteDiasporeGypsumLinariteMalachiteMelanteriteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)685085001633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S85085005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2850850027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS85085004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O85085002970
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)85085007437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O85085006890
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O8508500593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)28508500987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2850850012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O8508500915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2850850039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S885085009056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS850850021482



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-01047850850Proterozoic       S66858Chestatee Deposit, Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Georgia, USAChestateeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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