Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Battle Branch Mine, Auraria, Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 8583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Battle Branch Mine, Auraria, 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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Staurolite	Tetradymite

Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Staurolite ()*	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: Al Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Epidote Garnet Malachite Marcasite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Staurolite Tetradymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	203
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	510
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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