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Locality Name:
Mineral Bluff, Fannin Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 72507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Bluff, Fannin Co., Georgia, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
C. S. Ray Property
Coles Crossing
E. D. Richards Property
G. M. Dickey Property
Gray Property
Harper Property
J. D. Dickey Property
Mineral Bluff Area
Mineral Bluff Quarry
Murphy Syncline
Number Twenty Copper Mine
Phillips Property

Latitude: 34°55'48"N
Longitude: 84°18'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.93,-84.303888888889
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 K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparMalachite
MicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StauroliteTalc

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212016023419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12016018803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412016025516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120160227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12016025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22201602,20160327198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12016023846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612016024135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120160224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12016027437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3120159914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22201602,20160312537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2120159217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22201602,20160339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812016029056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23201595,201601,20160261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120160221482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)3201592,201593,201594978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)24201595,201596,201597,2015983337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12016021101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212016022562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12016021025


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