Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 106865
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106865.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Camp Pleasant Mining Company Prospects
Clark Mine
Flat Creek Prospects
Frankfort
Frankfort (iron) Meteorite
Franklin County Mine
Glenns Creek
Jones Vein
Switzer Prospects
Thorn Hill Clay Bed Prospect
US 127 Roadcuts
Waits Mine

Latitude: 38°17'28"N
Longitude: 84°50'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.291111111111,-84.839444444444

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Iron	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cr F Fe Mg N Ni O P Pb S Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Fluorite Iron None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Carlsbergite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Iron ()*	Pyrite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Strontianite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	215795,215796,215797,215798,215803,215804,215806,215807	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	215796,215798,215806,215807	27770
Carlsbergite ()*	Rocksalt	CrN	1	215800	26
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	215798,215806	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	215798,215806	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	215795,215796,215797,215803,215804,215807	24243
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	215800	1089
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	215798	39462
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	215800	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	215795,215796,215797,215798,215807	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	215796	589
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	215800	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	215800	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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