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Locality Name:
Christian Co., Kentucky, USA


mindat Locality ID: 207846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Christian Co., Kentucky, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Allied Mine
Britmark Clay Prospect
Christian Quarries; Inc. (Hopkinsville Quarry)
Dalton Brick-Clay Mine
Ellis Prospect
Freeman Shaft
Fruit Calc. Prospect
Head's Victoria Prospect
Hord Prospect
Jarvin Prospect
McReynolds Prospect
Mount Vernon Meteorite
Old Highway Shale Prospect
Pembroke Quarry
Pennyrile Parkway Roadcut
U.S. 41a Quarry (Berry Quarry)
Williams Prospect

Latitude: 36°51'58"N
Longitude: 87°26'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.866111111111,-87.438888888889
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: C Ca Cl Cr F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCeriteFluoriteGypsumIronNoneRocksaltScacchiteSphaleriteSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Iron  (*)Lawrencite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stanfieldite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121553127770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412155403902
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22215531,2155399617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121553924243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12155436890
Iron  (*)IronFe12155401089
Lawrencite  (*)ScacchiteFeCl2121554030
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)71215540230
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1215540374
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121553121482
Stanfieldite  (*)NoneCa4Mg5(PO4)6121554014
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1215540703
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi1215540116
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12155401044


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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