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Locality Name:
Pulaski Co., Kentucky, USA


mindat Locality ID: 214124
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214124.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pulaski Co., Kentucky, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
American Concrete Stone Company (837 Quarry And Mill 1972)
Black Shales
Cumberland Parkway Roadcut
Fishing Creek Shale Prospect
Hanson Aggregates Midwest Pulaski Quarry
Hanson Aggregates Midwest Quarry (Elmo Greer And Sons Quarry)
Price Valley Quarry
Somerset
Somerset Quarry (Hinkle Contracting Quarry)
Tateville
Tateville Mine (Strunk Crushed Stone; Hinkle Contracting)

Latitude: 37°11'40"N
Longitude: 84°37'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.194444444444,-84.620277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Sr Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCorundumDiasporeGypsumHalotrichiteLepidocrocite
MarcasiteMelanteriteNonePyriteQuartzSphaleriteZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212162593092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3216262,216267,21626811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5216261,216262,216265,216267,21626827770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12162641252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121626827198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1216258382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23216261,216267,2162689895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3216258,216267,2162687437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12162596890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1216258409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32216267,21626814640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1216267581
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23216258,216267,2162685674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1216258915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22216258,21626739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22216259,21626561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3216261,216267,21626821482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2216267,216268589
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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