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Locality Name:
Whitley Co., Kentucky, USA


mindat Locality ID: 106871
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106871.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitley Co., Kentucky, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cave Creek-Jowl Mountain Shale Prospect
Cumberland Falls Meteorite
Hog Jowl Mountain Roadcut Prospect
Junction Roadcut Prospect
Louden Shale Prospect
No. 1 Mine

Latitude: 36°57'4"N
Longitude: 84°9'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.951111111111,-84.161111111111
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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperFeldsparIronNoneOlivinePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Copper  (*)
Daubréelite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Iron  (*)Oldhamite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Tetrataenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1216370312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12163708803
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412163703902
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6121637094
Copper  (*)CopperCu12163703846
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41216370157
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612163704135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61216370944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12163701188
Graphite  (*)NoneC12163702812
Iron  (*)IronFe12163701089
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS121637058
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1216370374
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1216370703
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi1216370116
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12163701044


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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