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Locality Name:
Alec Mountain, Habersham Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 71922
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-71922.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alec Mountain, Habersham Co., Georgia, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Amos Creek
Lot 125
Lot 126
Lot 127
Lot 131
Lot 132
Lot 133
Lot 134

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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCorundumGarnetMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupSpinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Margarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312019781534
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120197827198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O38201978,201979,201980,201981,201982,201983,201984,2019851797
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4120197814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120197812537
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)21201984168



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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