Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Babb Fault System, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 142217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-142217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Babb Fault System, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Barnes Mine
Delhi Babb Mine
Eagle Babb Mine
East Champion Property
Gid Taylor Property

Latitude: 37°17'10"N
Longitude: 88°14'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.286111111111,-88.233333333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Sulphur

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: Ba C Ca F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Fe H O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Sulphur

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	215572,215573	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	215572,215573,215574	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	215572	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	215572	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	215572	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	215572,215573,215574	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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