Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Great Saltpetre Cave, Rockcastle Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 25919
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25919.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great Saltpetre Cave, Rockcastle Co., Kentucky, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Clay	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Fe H K Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Diaspore Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica None Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Berthierine ()*	Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	59
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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