Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 66858
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66858.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chestatee Deposit, Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Georgia, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Sphalerite

Brochantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcopyrite Covellite Diaspore Gypsum Linarite Malachite Melanterite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	850	850	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	850	850	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	850	850	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	850	850	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	850	850	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	850	850	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	850	850	6890
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	850	850	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	850	850	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	850	850	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	850	850	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	850	850	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	850	850	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	850	850	21482

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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