Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 214109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salem, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Livingston Co., Kentucky, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Guill Mine
Hutson Zinc Mine
Kentucky Mine
Salem Mine

Latitude: 37°17'5"N
Longitude: 88°14'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.284722222222,-88.2425

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	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Cd Cr F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None
Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Wurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	216064	2734
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	216065	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	216063,216064,216065,216066	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	216065	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	216064	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	216063,216064,216065,216066,216067	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	216066	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	216063	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	216063	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	216065	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	216064	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	216064	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	216065	17380
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	216065	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	216065	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	216064	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	216064	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	216063,216064,216065,216066,216067	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	216065	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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