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Locality Name:
Jefferson Co., Kentucky, USA


mindat Locality ID: 106869
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106869.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jefferson Co., Kentucky, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Beargrass Creek Quarries
Eastern Jefferson County
Fern Creek Stone (Fern Creek Quarry; Division)
General Shale Products Coral Ridge Mine
I-265 Road Cuts
Kosmosdale Pit (Cement Division; Kosmosdale Pit Cement)
KY Highway 155
Louisville
Okolona Quarry
Rogers Group Inc. Middletown
Southwestern Jefferson County
US 31 And US150 Roadcut

Latitude: 38°7'21"N
Longitude: 85°14'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.1225,-85.235277777778
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 Cr Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteDiasporeGypsumHalotrichiteMalachiteMarcasite
MelanteriteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612159422060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4215934,215936,215945,21594711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7215933,215934,215936,215937,215939,215945,21594727770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)4215934,215936,215937,2159391252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23215934,215945,21594727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412159423902
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1215946382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24215934,215937,215939,2159479895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121594524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4215934,215937,215939,2159467437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12159366890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1215946409
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22215934,21594512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212159465674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1215946915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26215934,215936,215937,215945,215946,21594739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12159366417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3215936,215945,21594721482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)3215934,215937,215939589
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12159421044


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