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Goethite from
Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:Cliff
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:736198
Long-form Identifier:1:3:736198:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
23.9km (14.9 miles) ⓘCosby's Creek meteorite, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘHazel Creek Mine (Everett Mine; Adams Mine; Adams-Westfelt Property), Swain County, North Carolina, USA
34.2km (21.2 miles) ⓘFontana Mine, Swain County Copper Mining District (Fontana Mining District), Swain County, North Carolina, USA
36.6km (22.7 miles) ⓘDouglas Lake geode occurrence, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘWebster-Balsam, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
40.7km (25.3 miles) ⓘNantahala Talc and Limestone Mine, Hewitt, Swain County, North Carolina, USA
60.9km (37.8 miles) ⓘWilliams Iron Bank (Williams bank), Roe Junction, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA
64.6km (40.1 miles) ⓘOtto, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
76.6km (47.6 miles) ⓘJ.W. Cooper Prospect, Valley River Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
76.7km (47.6 miles) ⓘJ. W. Cooper Prospect, Brasstown Belt, Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
References
Flohr, M.J.K., Dillenburg, R.G., and Plumlee, G.S. (1995): Characterization of secondary minerals formed as the result of weathering of the Anakeesta Formation, Alum Cave, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee: USGS Open File Report #95-477, 24 p.
 
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