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Locality Name:
Villa Rica, Carroll Co., Georgia, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 24729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24729.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villa Rica, Carroll Co., Georgia, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Askew Prospect
Foodtown Shopping Center
Hart Mine
Jenny Stone Deposit
Lassetter Mine (Lassiter Prospect)
New Hope Spring
Unnamed Prospect (1)
Unnamed Prospect (2)
Villa Rica Quarry

Latitude: 33°43'27"N
Longitude: 84°56'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.724166666667,-84.939166666667
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 Au Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzSerpentineSphaleriteTalc

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Corundum  (*)Enstatite  (*)Gold  (*)Kyanite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
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)212010653419
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22201070,201071718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42201070,201071708
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS28508503201064,201067,20106827198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42201065,201070951
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312010691797
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O63201065,201070,201071944
Gold  (*)CopperAu2201066,20106830554
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412010691507
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28508503201064,201067,20106839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S88508503201064,201067,2010689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22201066,20106861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS8508503201064,201067,20106821482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23201065,201070,2010713337


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-01048850850Proterozoic       S66898Jenny Stone Deposit, Villa Rica, Carroll Co., Georgia, USAJenny StoneMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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