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Locality Name:
Floyd Co., Kentucky, USA


mindat Locality ID: 19954
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19954.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Floyd Co., Kentucky, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
East Point Roadcut Prospect
F-1 Mine
Levisa Fork Sandstone Pit
Truman Shepherd Coal Mine

Latitude: 37°41'4"N
Longitude: 82°46'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.684444444444,-82.777777777778
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 Cl Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumArcaniteClayGismondineKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPicromeriteQuartz
RutileVivianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)Gobbinsite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)
Mohrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)
Tschermigite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
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 groupTiO212157932162
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O121579330
Gobbinsite  (*)GismondineNa5(Si11Al5)O32·11H2O121579317
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412157935591
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)121579361
Mohrite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Fe2+(SO4)2·6H2O121579318
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121579317380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121579361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212157935614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl1215793105
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O121579381
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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