Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Calloway Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 210273
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210273.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Backusburg Clay Prospect
Burton Shale Prospect (R. H. Burton Farm)
Cook Branch Clay Bed Prospect
Kirk Ridge Clay Exposure Prospect (Claud Miller Farm)
Murray Meteorite
Sugar Creek Clay Prospect

Latitude: 36°38'30"N
Longitude: 88°20'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.641666666667,-88.346388888889

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Barringerite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Iron	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel	Tochilinite

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Barringerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Corundum ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Eskolaite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hibonite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*
Tochilinite ()*	Troilite ()*	Tschermakite ()*

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 Ce Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Barringerite Calcite Clay Corundum Diamond Iron Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite
Mica Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel Tochilinite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	215482	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	215482	2060
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P	1	215482	22
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	215482	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	215482	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	215482	1797
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	215482	54
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	215482	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	215482	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	215482	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	215482	944
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃	1	215482	30
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	215482	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	215482	2812
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	215482	80
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	215482	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	215482	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	215482	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	215482	247
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	215482	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	215482	495
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	215482	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	215482	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	215482	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	215482	703
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	1	215482	56
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	215482	1044
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	215482	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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