Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 23920
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23920.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Georgia, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
American Legion Lot
Auraria
Barlow Mine
Bast Mine
Benning Mine
Boly Field Mine (Field's Mine; Field's Vein)
Briar Patch Mine
Calhoun Mine (Dahlonega Gold Mining And Milling Company Mine)
Chestatee Deposit
Chestatee Gold Deposit
Chestatee River
Chestatee River (2)
Crane Mica Mine
Dry Hollow Mine
Findley Mine
Free Jim Placer
Ivey Mine
Josephine Placer
Lockhart Mine
Lot 121
Norrell Mine
Preacher Mine
Standard Mine (Singleton Mine; Dahlonega Mine)
Stegall Placer
Turkey Hill Mine
W. M. Gooch Mine
Whim Hill Mine
Yahoola Creek
Yahoola Mine

Latitude: 34°29'49"N
Longitude: 83°59'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.496944444444,-83.996111111111

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Melonite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Staurolite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetradymite

Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*
Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb Pt S Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Garnet Gypsum Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Melonite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Staurolite Sulphur Talc Tetradymite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	202370,202399	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	202370,202388,202390	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	202379,202386,202396	9052
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	850	850	1	202380	1633
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	202394	361
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	850	850	0		5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	202370	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	850	850	1	202380	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	850	850	5	202370,202380,202390,202394,202400	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	202370	203
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	202374	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	850	850	1	202380	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	850	850	1	202380	2970
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	202377	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	202394	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	202370,202386,202394	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	850	850	1	202380	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			22	202368,202370,202373,202374,202375,202377,202378,202379,202381,202385,202386,202387,202388,202389,202390,202392,202393,202394,202395,202396,202398,202399	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	850	850	1	202380	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	202381	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	202370,202377,202386	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	202370	1507
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	850	850	1	202380	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	850	850	1	202380	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	202370,202399	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	850	850	2	202370,202380	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	202370	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	850	850	1	202380	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	202384,202397	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	202394	409
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	202371	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	850	850	11	202370,202372,202375,202379,202380,202381,202387,202390,202394,202396,202399	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	202375	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			2	202370,202394	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	850	850	5	202370,202376,202377,202380,202390	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			19	202368,202370,202374,202377,202378,202379,202381,202385,202386,202387,202388,202389,202390,202392,202393,202394,202396,202398,202399	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	202386	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	850	850	1	202380	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	202370	978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2	202390,202399	2045
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	202394	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	202391	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	202377	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			2	202370,202383	510
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	202370	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-01047	850	850	Proterozoic										S	66858	Chestatee Deposit, Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Georgia, USA	Chestatee	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

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