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Locality Name:
Monticello, Wayne Co., Kentucky, USA


mindat Locality ID: 269988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monticello, Wayne Co., Kentucky, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bassett Products Co. Quarry
Monticello Meteorite

Latitude: 36°53'21"N
Longitude: 84°51'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.889166666667,-84.866388888889

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 C Ca Cr F Fe H Mg O S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chromite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12163611036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12163603250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612163612060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121636027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12163601252
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412163613902
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212163609895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212163609617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12163607437
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312163615433
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O61216361303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121636039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121636061156
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12163611044



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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