Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Boyle Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 213739
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213739.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boyle Co., Kentucky, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Baughman Vein
Carpenter Creek
Danville
Danville Mine
Faulconer Mine
Gunn Vein
Highway 1363 Roadcut Prospect
Hubble Vein
Kentucky Barytes Co. Mine (Haydon Vein)
Sandidge Mine
Walker West Vein

Latitude: 37°19'22"N
Longitude: 84°40'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.322777777778,-84.680277777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	215398,215402,215404,215405,215407,215408,215409,215410	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	215399,215402,215404,215407,215408,215409,215410	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	215398	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	215402	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	215399,215402	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	215398,215402,215404,215405,215407,215409,215410	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	215402	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	215409	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	215402	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	215402	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	215399,215402	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	215399	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	215402	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	215402,215408	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	215402	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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