Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carter Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 106858
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106858.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carter Co., Kentucky, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Brushy Creek Clay Prospect
Carter Pit (Grefco Bennett Strip Mine)
Carter Quarry
Chespeake Sandstone Pit
Dry Branch Strip Mine
Ford Burchett Clay Mine
Ford Burchett Mine (No. 7 Mine)
Fultz Clay Mine
Gesling Open Pit Mine
Hilger Mine
Hitchens Works
Lawton Sandstone Pit
Messer Mine
Olive Hill Quarry
Porter School Shale Prospect
RA Quarry (Ken-More Stone Company)
Railroad Sandstone Pit
Ramey Zorne Branch Mine
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 1
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 2
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 3
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 4
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 5
Stafford Hill Mine
V Quarry (Ken-More Stone Company)
Wade Cooper Mine
Wesley Corn Mine (McCoy Clay Company)
Wilburn Mine
Womack Mine

Latitude: 38°20'46"N
Longitude: 83°11'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.346111111111,-83.190833333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	None	Quartz

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore None Quartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	215507	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	215507	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	215516	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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