Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Halotrichite
Hydrotalcite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Metavoltine	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Römerite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Voltaite	Woodwardite

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 ()*

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:
Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Halotrichite
Hydrotalcite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Metavoltine Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Römerite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Voltaite Woodwardite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	216010	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	216010	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	216010	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	216010	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	216010	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	216010	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	216010	382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	216010	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	216010	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	216010	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	216010	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	216010	14640
Honessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	0		25
Hydrohonessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	1	216010	12
Jamborite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni²⁺_1-xCo³⁺_x(OH)_2-x(SO₄)_x·nH₂O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]	1	216010	32
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	216010	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	216010	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	216010	5674
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	216010	78
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	216010	1066
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	216010	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	216010	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	216010	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	1	216010	115
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	216010	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	216010	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	216010	2045
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	216010	380
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	216010	111

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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