Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Nelson Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 214117
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214117.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nelson Co., Kentucky, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bardstown
Blue Gap Roadcut Prospect
Cox's Creek
Frederickstown
Nelson County Highway Dept.

Latitude: 37°49'4"N
Longitude: 85°29'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.817777777778,-85.493333333333

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	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Iron	Marcasite
Melanterite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Daubréelite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Smythite ()*	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: Al 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:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Halotrichite Iron Marcasite
Melanterite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	216206	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	216201,216206	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	216206	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	216201	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	216199	382
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	216204	157
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	216201,216206	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	216199,216200,216206	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	216206	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	216199	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	216206	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	216204	1089
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	216199,216201,216206	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	216199	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	216199,216200,216201,216206	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	216201	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	216204	374
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	216206	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	216201	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	216204	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	216204	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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