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Claiborne County, Tennessee, USAi
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TennesseeState
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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Harrogate4,388 (2017)
New Tazewell2,957 (2017)
Tazewell2,288 (2017)
Cumberland Gap492 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
106693
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:106693:0
GUID (UUID V4):
514fbea0-274b-43fe-9de9-ffbed7373960
Other Languages:
French:
comtΓ© de Claiborne, Tennessee, Γ‰tats-Unis
German:
Claiborne County, Tennessee, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Claiborne, Tennessee, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
ΠšΠ»Π΅ΠΉΠ±ΠΎΡ€Π½, ВСннСсси, Π‘ΠΎΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½Ρ‘Π½Π½Ρ‹Π΅ Π¨Ρ‚Π°Ρ‚Ρ‹ АмСрики
Simplified Chinese:
ε…‹θŠζœ¬ηΈ£, η”°ηΊ³θ₯Ώε·ž, ηΎŽε›½
Spanish:
Condado de Claiborne, Tennessee, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Claiborne County, Tennessee, Shtetet e Bashkuara tΓ« AmerikΓ«s
Arabic:
Ω…Ω‚Ψ§Ψ·ΨΉΨ© ΩƒΩ„ΩŠΨ¨ΩˆΨ±Ω†, ΨͺΩŠΩ†ΩŠΨ³ΩŠ, Ψ§Ω„ΩˆΩ„Ψ§ΩŠΨ§Ψͺ Ψ§Ω„Ω…ΨͺΨ­Ψ―Ψ©
Armenian:
Υ”Υ¬Υ₯Υ΅Υ’ΥΈΦ€ΥΆ Υ·Φ€Υ»Υ‘ΥΆ, ΤΉΥ₯ΥΆΥ₯Υ½Υ«, Τ±Υ΄Υ₯Φ€Υ«Υ―Υ‘Υ΅Υ« ՄիՑցաՑլ Υ†Υ‘Υ°Υ‘ΥΆΥ£ΥΆΥ₯Φ€
Basque:
Claiborne konderria , Tennessee
Bavarian:
Claiborne County, Tennessee, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
কেলিবোর্ন ΰ¦•ΰ¦Ύΰ¦‰ΰ¦¨ΰ§ΰ¦Ÿΰ¦Ώ, ΰ¦Ÿΰ§‡ΰ¦¨ΰ§‡ΰ¦Έΰ¦Ώ, ঀিলΰ¦ͺারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
ΠšΠ»Π΅ΠΉΠ±ΠΎΡ€Π½, ВСнСси, БъСдинСни амСрикански Ρ‰Π°Ρ‚ΠΈ
Cebuano:
Claiborne County , Tennessee
Dutch:
Claiborne County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
Estonian:
Claiborne'i maakond, Tennessee, Ameerika Ühendriigid
Farsi/Persian:
Ψ΄Ω‡Ψ±Ψ³ΨͺΨ§Ω† Ϊ©Ω„ΫŒΨ¨ΩˆΨ±Ω†ΨŒ ΨͺΩ†Ψ³ΫŒ, ΨͺΩ†Ψ³ΫŒ, Ψ§ΫŒΨ§Ω„Ψ§Ψͺ Ω…ΨͺΨ­Ψ―Ω‡ Ψ’Ω…Ψ±ΫŒΪ©Ψ§
Georgian:
αƒ™αƒšαƒ”αƒ˜αƒ‘αƒαƒ αƒœαƒ˜αƒ‘ αƒαƒšαƒ₯αƒ˜, αƒ’αƒ”αƒœαƒ”αƒ‘αƒ˜, αƒαƒ›αƒ”αƒ αƒ˜αƒ™αƒ˜αƒ‘ αƒ¨αƒ”αƒ”αƒ αƒ—αƒ”αƒ‘αƒ£αƒšαƒ˜ αƒ¨αƒ’αƒαƒ’αƒ”αƒ‘αƒ˜
Hebrew:
ΧžΧ—Χ•Χ– Χ§ΧœΧ™Χ™Χ‘Χ•Χ¨ΧŸ, Χ˜Χ Χ‘Χ™, ארצוΧͺ Χ”Χ‘Χ¨Χ™Χͺ
Hungarian:
Claiborne megye, Tennessee, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Irish Gaelic:
Contae Claiborne, Tennessee, StΓ‘it Aontaithe MheiriceΓ‘
Japanese:
γ‚―γƒ¬γ‚€γƒœγƒΌγƒ³ιƒ‘, γƒ†γƒγ‚·γƒΌε·ž, をパγƒͺγ‚«εˆθ‘†ε›½
Latin:
Claiborne Comitatus, Tennesia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Claiborne GΓ΄ng, Tennessee
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Claiborne KΕ«n, Tennessee
Norwegian:
Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Claiborne, Tennessee, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Claiborne, Tennessee, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Claiborne, Tennessee, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Claiborne, Tennessee, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Claiborne County, Tennessee, Na StΓ itean Aonaichte
Serbian:
ΠžΠΊΡ€ΡƒΠ³ ΠšΠ»Π΅Ρ˜Π±ΠΎΡ€Π½ , ВСнСси, БјСдињСнС АмСричкС Π”Ρ€ΠΆΠ°Π²Π΅
Serbo-Croatian:
Claiborne County, Tennessee, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA
Traditional Chinese:
ε…‹θŠζœ¬ηΈ£, 田納θ₯Ώε·ž, ηΎŽεœ‹
Turkish:
Claiborne, Tennessee, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
ΠšΠ»Π΅ΠΉΠ±ΠΎΡ€Π½, ВСннСссі, Π‘ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡƒΡ‡Π΅Π½Ρ– Π¨Ρ‚Π°Ρ‚ΠΈ АмСрики
Urdu:
Ϊ©Ω„ΫŒΨ¨ΩˆΨ±Ω† Ϊ©Ψ§Ψ€Ω†ΩΉΫŒΨŒ ΩΉΫŒΩ†ΫŒΨ³ΫŒ, ΩΉΫŒΩ†ΫŒΨ³ΫŒ, ریاسΨͺہائے Ω…Ψͺحدہ Ψ§Ω…Ψ±ΫŒΪ©Ψ§
Vietnamese:
QuαΊ­n Claiborne, Tennessee, Chủng Quα»‘c Hoa Kα»³
Waray:
Condado han Claiborne, Tennessee, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
Ϊ©Ω„ΫŒΨ¨ΩˆΨ±Ω† Ϊ©Ψ§Ψ€Ω†ΩΉΫŒ, ΩΉΫŒΩ†ΫŒΨ³ΫŒ, Ψ§Ω…Ψ±ΫŒΪ©Ϋ


NOTE: The geographic coordinates presented are taken from the Clouds topo map. The USGS GNIS database presents 14 sets of coordinates for this county.

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Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

21 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 1 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
β“˜ 'Calamine'
β“˜ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
β“˜ Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
β“˜ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Localities: Reported from at least 58 localities in this region.
β“˜ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
β“˜ Galena
Formula: PbS
Localities: Reported from at least 45 localities in this region.
β“˜ Greenockite
Formula: CdS
β“˜ Haxonite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)23C6
Description: Usually intergrown with taenite and often enclosing schreibersite. (Buchwald, 1975)
β“˜ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
β“˜ Hemimorphite
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
β“˜ Hydrozincite
Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
β“˜ Iron
Formula: Fe
Description: Normal Neumann bands in its wider manifestations (Buchwald, 1975)
β“˜ Iron var. Kamacite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
Description: Normal Neumann bands in its wider manifestations (Buchwald, 1975)
β“˜ Lawrencite (TL)
Formula: (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2
Type Locality:
β“˜ 'Limonite'
Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region.
β“˜ Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
β“˜ Melanterite
Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
β“˜ 'Meteoritic Iron'
β“˜ 'Meteoritic Iron var. Tazewellite' (FRL)
Type Locality:
β“˜ Niter
Formula: KNO3
β“˜ 'Plessite'
β“˜ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Localities: Reported from at least 38 localities in this region.
β“˜ Schreibersite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)3P
β“˜ Smithsonite
Formula: ZnCO3
Localities: Reported from at least 24 localities in this region.
β“˜ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Localities: Reported from at least 48 localities in this region.
β“˜ Taenite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
β“˜ Troilite
Formula: FeS
Description: As 1-20 mm nodules with schreibersite rims (Buchwald, 1975)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
β“˜Iron1.AE.05Fe
β“˜var. Kamacite1.AE.05(Fe,Ni)
β“˜Taenite1.AE.10(Fe,Ni)
β“˜Haxonite1.BA.10(Fe,Ni)23C6
β“˜Schreibersite1.BD.05(Fe,Ni)3P
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
β“˜Greenockite2.CB.45CdS
β“˜Troilite2.CC.10FeS
β“˜Galena2.CD.10PbS
β“˜Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
β“˜Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
β“˜Lawrencite (TL)3.AB.20(Fe2+,Ni)Cl2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
β“˜Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
β“˜Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
β“˜Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
β“˜Hydrozincite5.BA.15Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
β“˜Niter5.NA.10KNO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
β“˜Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
β“˜Melanterite7.CB.35Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 Β· H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Hemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 Β· H2O
Unclassified
β“˜'Limonite'-
β“˜'Calamine'-
β“˜'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
β“˜'Meteoritic Iron'-
β“˜'Plessite'-
β“˜'Meteoritic Iron
var. Tazewellite' (TL)
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List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Hβ“˜ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Hβ“˜ MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
CCarbon
Cβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Cβ“˜ CerussitePbCO3
Cβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Cβ“˜ Haxonite(Fe,Ni)23C6
Cβ“˜ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Cβ“˜ SmithsoniteZnCO3
NNitrogen
Nβ“˜ NiterKNO3
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ BaryteBaSO4
Oβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Oβ“˜ CerussitePbCO3
Oβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oβ“˜ HematiteFe2O3
Oβ“˜ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Oβ“˜ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Oβ“˜ MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Oβ“˜ NiterKNO3
Oβ“˜ SmithsoniteZnCO3
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
PPhosphorus
Pβ“˜ Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ BaryteBaSO4
Sβ“˜ GalenaPbS
Sβ“˜ GreenockiteCdS
Sβ“˜ MarcasiteFeS2
Sβ“˜ MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Sβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
Sβ“˜ SphaleriteZnS
Sβ“˜ TroiliteFeS
ClChlorine
Clβ“˜ Lawrencite(Fe2+,Ni)Cl2
KPotassium
Kβ“˜ NiterKNO3
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Caβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ Haxonite(Fe,Ni)23C6
Feβ“˜ HematiteFe2O3
Feβ“˜ IronFe
Feβ“˜ Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Feβ“˜ Lawrencite(Fe2+,Ni)Cl2
Feβ“˜ MarcasiteFeS2
Feβ“˜ MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Feβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
Feβ“˜ Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
Feβ“˜ Taenite(Fe,Ni)
Feβ“˜ TroiliteFeS
NiNickel
Niβ“˜ Haxonite(Fe,Ni)23C6
Niβ“˜ Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Niβ“˜ Lawrencite(Fe2+,Ni)Cl2
Niβ“˜ Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
Niβ“˜ Taenite(Fe,Ni)
ZnZinc
Znβ“˜ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Znβ“˜ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Znβ“˜ SmithsoniteZnCO3
Znβ“˜ SphaleriteZnS
CdCadmium
Cdβ“˜ GreenockiteCdS
BaBarium
Baβ“˜ BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pbβ“˜ CerussitePbCO3
Pbβ“˜ GalenaPbS

Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

BETA TEST - 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.

Occurrences11
Youngest Fossil Listed450 Ma (Late/Upper Ordovician)
Oldest Fossil Listed485 Ma (Early/Lower Ordovician)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Dryden5460.9 - 449.5 Ma (Ordovician)
Wardell4460.9 - 443.4 Ma (Paleozoic)
Chepultepec2485.4 - 477.7 Ma (Paleozoic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Rhipidomena tennesseensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Rhipidomena : Rhipidomena tennesseensis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Hesperorthis australis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Hesperorthidae : Hesperorthis : Hesperorthis australis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Manespira rotunda
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Protozygidae : Manespira : Manespira rotunda460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Ancistrorhyncha costata
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Ancistrorhynchidae : Ancistrorhyncha : Ancistrorhyncha costata460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Opikina varia
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Opikina : Opikina varia460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Clarkoceras buttsi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ellesmeroceratidae : Clarkoceras : Clarkoceras buttsi485.4 - 478.6 Ma
Paleozoic
Cumberloceras buttsi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ellesmeroceratidae : Cumberloceras : Cumberloceras buttsi485.4 - 478.6 Ma
Paleozoic
Murinella muralis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Murinella : Murinella muralis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Oepikina speciosa
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Oepikina : Oepikina speciosa460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Strophomena inspeciosa
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Strophomena : Strophomena inspeciosa460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 3 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claiborne_County,_Tennessee
Wikidata ID:Q495017
GeoNames ID:4613750

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