Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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TVA Drill Hole Oostanaula Creek 9 + 82 Occurrence, Sweetwater Barite Mining District-Eastern Belt, McMinn County, Tennessee, USAi
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TVA Drill Hole Oostanaula Creek 9 + 82 OccurrenceOccurrence
Sweetwater Barite Mining District-Eastern BeltBelt
McMinn CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 27' 57'' North , 84° 33' 13'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
35.46583,-84.55361
GeoHash:
G#: dn7cgbmgq
GRN:
N24W50
Type:
Occurrence
Köppen climate type:
Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Athens13,688 (2017)4.4km
Niota718 (2017)5.3km
Englewood1,529 (2017)7.5km
Riceville670 (2011)15.5km
Etowah3,500 (2017)16.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
129522
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:129522:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 28, 40 P.
Deposit:: PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS AT OOSTANAULA CREEK DAM SITE: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY INTERNAL REPORT, SEPTEMB
Commodities (Trace) - Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Kingsport Formation & Mascot Dolomite, Clay Residuum, Kingsport Formation, Clay Residuum, Kingsport Formation, Ordovician,
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

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3 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
FFluorine
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4

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