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Locality Name:
Lincoln Co., Kentucky, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lincoln Co., Kentucky, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Arabia Roadcut Prospect
Black Shales
Brassfield Dolomite Occurrence
Crab Orchard
Eagleman Fault (KY 590 Vein)
Eastside Roadcut Clay Bed Prospect
Givens Vein
Green River
Halls Gap
Hanging Fork Creek Vein
Kenton Vein
Kings Mountain
Swinebroad Vein
Westside Roadcut Clay Bed Prospect
White Vein

Latitude: 37°28'2"N
Longitude: 84°40'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.467222222222,-84.68

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 Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCorundumDiasporeFluoriteGypsum
HalotrichiteHydrotalciteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMetavoltineMilleriteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRömeriteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurVoltaiteWoodwardite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Honessite  (*)Hydrohonessite  (*)Jamborite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Millerite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Römerite  (*)Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Violarite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22216009,2160102162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)10216003,216005,216007,216008,216010,216011,216012,216013,216014,21601611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)8216003,216008,216009,216010,216012,216013,216014,21601627770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)2216010,2160131252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12160104979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12160095707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23216009,216010,21601327198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O2216002,216010382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25216003,216008,216009,216010,2160139895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23216012,216014,2160169617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2216009,21601024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3216002,216009,2160107437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12160096890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O2216002,216010409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121601014640
Honessite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)121600925
Hydrohonessite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)2216009,21601012
Jamborite  (*)HydrotalciteNi2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]2216009,21601032
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2216009,216010581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22216009,21601012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23216002,216009,2160105674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1216002915
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O2216009,21601078
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3216009,216010,2160131066
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)62216009,216010158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24216002,216009,216010,21601339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25216004,216008,216009,216010,21601361156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O2216009,216010115
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)121601077
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3216009,216010,21601321482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2216009,2160102045
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S42216009,216010380
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O2216009,216010111



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