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Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Carthage | Town |
| Smith County | County |
| Tennessee | State |
| USA | Country |
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Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Carthage | 2,278 (2017) |
Carthage is a town and the county seat of Smith County. It is home of the famous Elmwood Mine.
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| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. Description: Barite occurs as white, mound-like spherical aggregates, often exceeding 10 cm in diameter. Associated minerals include fluorite, sphalerite and calcite. |
| ⓘ Baryte var. Strontium-bearing Baryte Formula: (Ba,Sr)SO4 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Localities: Habit: Scalenohedral twined crystals to 45cm Colour: Amber Description: Three(?) generations of calcite
1) Simple scalenohedrons surrounded by sphalerite
2) Blunt scalenohedral crystals
3) Twinned amber scalenohedrons |
| ⓘ Celestine Formula: SrSO4 |
| ⓘ Celestine var. Barium-bearing Celestine Formula: (Sr,Ba)SO4 Habit: Fibrous Colour: white Description: Initially identified as anglesite. |
| ⓘ Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 Description: Chromite often found intergrown with cohenite and troilite References: |
| ⓘ Cohenite Formula: Fe3C |
| ⓘ Daubréelite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2S4 |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 Localities: |
| ⓘ Enargite Formula: Cu3AsS4 References: |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Native Iron Formula: Fe References: |
| ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite Formula: (Fe,Ni) References: |
| ⓘ 'Petroleum' |
| ⓘ 'Petroleum var. Bitumen' |
| ⓘ 'Plessite' |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: |
| ⓘ Rectorite Formula: (Na,Ca)Al4((Si,Al)8O20)(OH)4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Schreibersite Formula: (Fe,Ni)3P Description: As 10 x 1 mm rosettes & 20-50 µ wide boundary precipitates. Rhabdites have been mostly resorbed. (Buchwald, 1975) References: |
| ⓘ 'Silica' |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| ⓘ Taenite Formula: (Ni,Fe) References: |
| ⓘ Troilite Formula: FeS Description: As scattered 1-2 cm nodules with 0.5 mm schreibersite rims (Buchwald, 1975). |
| ⓘ Vaterite Formula: CaCO3 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Iron | 1.AE.05 | Fe |
| ⓘ | var. Kamacite | 1.AE.05 | (Fe,Ni) |
| ⓘ | Taenite | 1.AE.10 | (Ni,Fe) |
| ⓘ | Cohenite | 1.BA.05 | Fe3C |
| ⓘ | Schreibersite | 1.BD.05 | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Daubréelite | 2.DA.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2S4 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Enargite | 2.KA.05 | Cu3AsS4 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | Vaterite | 5.AB.20 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Celestine var. Barium-bearing Celestine | 7.AD.35 | (Sr,Ba)SO4 |
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Celestine | 7.AD.35 | SrSO4 |
| ⓘ | Baryte var. Strontium-bearing Baryte | 7.AD.35 | (Ba,Sr)SO4 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Rectorite | 9.EC.60 | (Na,Ca)Al4((Si,Al)8O20)(OH)4 · 2H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Petroleum var. Bitumen' | - | |
| ⓘ | '' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Silica' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Plessite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Fossils
There are 41 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 41 | ||||||
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| Youngest Fossil Listed | 453 Ma (Late/Upper Ordovician) | ||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 458 Ma (Late/Upper Ordovician) | ||||||
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Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage,_Tennessee |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q1193949 |
| GeoNames ID: | 4611656 |
Localities in this Region
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- Smith County
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Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA