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Locality Name:
US Highway 27 Roadcut, Halls Gap, Lincoln Co., Kentucky, USA


mindat Locality ID: 16152
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16152.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "US Highway 27 Roadcut, Halls Gap, Lincoln Co., Kentucky, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCorundumDiasporeHalotrichiteHydrotalcite
LepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMetavoltineMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RömeriteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurVoltaiteWoodwardite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrohonessite  (*)Jamborite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Millerite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Römerite  (*)Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Violarite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydrohonessite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)012
Jamborite  (*)HydrotalciteNi2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]032
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O078
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)60158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O0115
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)077
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0111


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