Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 214094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Beavers Fluorite Prospect
Bright Mine
Dodds Mine
Eddie Crowder Mine
Gilbert Williamson Deposit (Meadows Shaft)
Hodge Number 1 Mine
Hodge Number 2 Mine
Hodge Number 3 Mine
Hodge Number 4 Mine
Jesse Redd Prospect
Lowery Mine
Marble Mine
Morgan Heirs Fluorspar Tract Prospect
Ray Mine
Ray-Lowery Area Mines
S. L. Crook Mine
Satterfield Mine
Schwench Mine
Senator Main Shaft
Senator No. 1 Shaft
Senator No. 2 Shaft
Silverstar Mine
Stone Mine
Tabb Group Fluorspar Mines (West Tabb; Senator - Schwenck Area East Tabb)
Tyrie Mine
Walker Fluorspar Mine
Warren Fluorspar Mine

Latitude: 37°11'17"N
Longitude: 88°'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.188055555556,-88.005277777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 F O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Fluorite None Rocksalt Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	215446,215455,215458,215459,215461,215468,215469	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	215446,215459,215468	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	6	215446,215459,215461,215463,215466,215468	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	215468	24243
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	215450	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	215468	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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