Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bullitt Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 213741
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213741.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bullitt Co., Kentucky, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bullitt County Quarry (Bells Mills Quarry; Rogers Group)
Highway 61 Roadcut Prospect
Kentucky Solite Corporation Mine
KY 1526 Road Cuts
Mount Washington
Salt River Meteorite
Sheperdsville Mine (Shepherdsville Mine)
Sheperdsville Quarry (Quality Stone - Ready Mix)
Shepherdsville

Latitude: 38°1'28"N
Longitude: 85°40'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.024444444444,-85.669444444444

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Iron	Marcasite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Iron Marcasite None
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

18 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	215428	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	215430	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	215425,215427,215428,215430,215433	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	215427	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	215430,215433	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	215428,215430	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	215427	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	215427	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	215428	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	215431	1089
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	215430	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	215425,215427,215433	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	215428	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	215431	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	215427	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	215427,215430,215433	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	215431	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	215431	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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