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Locality Name:
Holly Springs, Cherokee Co., Georgia, USA


mindat Locality ID: 27140
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27140.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holly Springs, Cherokee Co., Georgia, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
American Legion Post 221 Locality
Lot 567 (Haws Property)
Verde Antique Quarry
Wacaster Mine

Latitude: 34°10'45"N
Longitude: 84°30'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.179166666667,-84.513333333333
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 Cr Cu Fe H K Mg O P Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteClayCorundumMalachiteMicaNoneQuartzSerpentine
SpinelTalc

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Chromite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41201200708
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412012003902
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1201200367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312011985433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12012001487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2120120117380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22201198,20120161156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22201199,2012003337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22201199,2012002562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060180Holly Springs, Cherokee Co., Georgia, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060180

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