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:
Owen Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 214120
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214120.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Big Twin Creek Prospects
Browns Bottom Fault
Browns Bottom Prospect
Gratz Mine
K. T. Dome Mine
Sandridge Creek Prospects
Twin Valley Mine & Mill

Latitude: 38°29'19"N
Longitude: 84°58'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.488611111111,-84.968611111111

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	Pyrite	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 Fe O Pb S Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	216225,216228,216229,216230,216231,216233	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	216225,216227,216229,216230,216231,216233	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	216225	1252
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	216231	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	216225,216228,216230,216231,216233	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	216231	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	216225,216227,216231	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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