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Locality Name:
Columbia Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 69838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Columbia Co., Georgia, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Appling
Augusta
Burk's Mountain ("Burt Mountain")
Campania Mine
Clark Hill Dam
Dixie Mountain Serpentine Deposit (Serpentine Deposit Of Columbia County)
Dogwood Quarry
Grovetown Quarry
Harlem
Little Kiokee Creek
Phinizy
Pollards Corner

Latitude: 33°30'36"N
Longitude: 82°15'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.51,-82.265
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: Al Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMalachite
NonePyroxeneRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12013441036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612013442060
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812013424286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120133427770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412013383902
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32201335,2013381797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12013448173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212013349617
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12013381487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4120134414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120134612537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12013342994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12013322349
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212013343106
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120134621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412013441934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23201335,201338,2013453337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2201337,2013444899
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O2201335,201338652
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12013441025


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