Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Marion, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marion, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Clement Mine
Columbia Mine
Eureka Prospects (Eureka Mine)
Hickory Cane Mine
Nine Acre Mine
Old Jim Mine

Latitude: 37°20'55"N
Longitude: 88°9'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.348611111111,-88.156944444444

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	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: Al C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	215644,215646	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	215648	3092
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	215646	919
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	215644,215645,215646,215647,215648	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	215644,215646	4979
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	215644,215645,215646,215647	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	215643,215644,215645,215646,215647	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	215648	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	4	215644,215645,215646,215648	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	215646	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	5	215643,215644,215645,215646,215648	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	215644,215646,215648	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	215644	5591
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	215648	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	215646	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	215643,215644,215645,215646	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	4	215644,215645,215646,215648	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	215643,215644,215645,215646,215647,215648	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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