Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Camden Co., Georgia, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01

mindat Locality ID: 66840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66840.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camden Co., Georgia, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Brunswick Deposit
Cabin Bluff Deposit
Folkston Placer
South East Georgia
St. Mary's River

Latitude: 30°50'57"N
Longitude: 81°33'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.849166666667,-81.558611111111

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.

Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diamond	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Staurolite	Zircon

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 Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diamond Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Staurolite Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Epidote ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	201030	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2.6	0.01	0		697
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2.6	0.01	2	201030,201037	8173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	201039	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2.6	0.01	4	201029,201030,201035,201037	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	201030	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	201030	1507
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	201030	1508
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2.6	0.01	2	201030,201037	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2.6	0.01	3	201030,201035,201037	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2.6	0.01	2	201030,201037	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	201030	978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2.6	0.01	3	201030,201035,201037	5251

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
	ree-00700	2.6	0.01	Pleistocene											71234	Cumberland Island Deposit, South East Georgia, Camden Co., Georgia, USA	Cumberland Island	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

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