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Locality Name:
Halls Gap, Lincoln Co., Kentucky, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4518
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4518.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Halls Gap, Lincoln Co., Kentucky, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
US Highway 27 Roadcut

Latitude: 37°27'43"N
Longitude: 84°38'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.461944444444,-84.633333333333

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 Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu Fe H Ni O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCorundumDiasporeGypsumHalotrichite
HydrotalciteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMetavoltineMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRömeriteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurVoltaiteWoodwardite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Honessite  (*)
Hydrohonessite  (*)Jamborite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
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 groupTiO212160102162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)121601011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121601027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12160101252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12160104979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121601027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1216010382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212160109895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121601024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12160107437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1216010409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121601014640
Honessite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)025
Hydrohonessite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)121601012
Jamborite  (*)HydrotalciteNi2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]121601032
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1216010581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121601012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212160105674
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O121601078
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS12160101066
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61216010158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121601039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121601061156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O1216010115
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)121601077
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121601021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12160102045
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S41216010380
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O1216010111



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