Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Scott Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 214127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scott Co., Kentucky, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Arnspiger Vein
Central Kentucky Fluorspar District
Clark Vein (Kissinger Vein)
Coleman Vein
Dolan Vein
J. L. Lisle Vein
Johnson Vein
Johnson Vein (Hooke Vein; Johnson Barite Mine)
Mutual Mining Company
North Elkhorn Creek Vein (Crumbaugh Mine)
Wm. Davis Vein

Latitude: 38°14'36"N
Longitude: 84°35'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.243333333333,-84.585277777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Gypsum	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 Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Witherite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	10	216294,216297,216298,216299,216301,216302,216303,216304,216305,216306	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	216297,216298,216302,216303,216306	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	216297	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	216301	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	216297	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	216297	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	216297	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	216297,216298,216299,216301,216302,216303,216304,216306	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	216297	6890
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	216306	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	216297,216301,216302,216303,216304	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	4	216297,216298,216303,216306	589
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	216306	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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