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:
Rockcastle Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 25920
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25920.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rockcastle Co., Kentucky, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Conway
Grassy Creek
Great Saltpetre Cave
Mount Vernon Mine
Mullins Mine
Renfro Valley (I-75 Exit 62)
Rockcastle-Garrard Shale Exposure Prospect

Latitude: 37°23'11"N
Longitude: 84°20'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.386388888889,-84.347222222222

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	None
Quartz	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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica None
Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Berthierine ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	216275	11547
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	216272	59
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	216271,216275	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	216275	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	216271,216275	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	216270,216272	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	216272	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	216272	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	216275	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	216272	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	216271,216275	61156
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	216272	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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