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:
Bardstown, Nelson Co., Kentucky, USA

mindat Locality ID: 278138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bardstown, Nelson Co., Kentucky, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
KY 245 Roadcuts (1)
KY 245 Roadcuts (2)
Nally & Haydon Quarry (Medusa Aggregates Bardstown Quarry)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Diaspore	Halotrichite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
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 Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Diaspore Halotrichite Marcasite Melanterite None Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	216201	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	216201	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	216199	382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	216201	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	216199,216200	7437
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	216199	409
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	216199,216201	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	216199	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	216199,216200,216201	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	216201	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	216201	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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