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Kentucky, USA

Elliott County Kimberlite, Elliott Co., Kentucky, USA

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Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Almandine
Alunite
Anatase
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
'var: Collophane'
'var: Phosphorite'
Aragonite
'Asphaltum'
Augite
Aurichalcite
Baryte
Barytocalcite
Berthierine
'Biotite'
'Bitumen'
Calcite
var: Travertine
Carlsbergite
Celestine
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chert'
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
'Clay'
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
'Coal
var: Bituminous Coal'
Copiapite
Copper
Daubréelite

Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Enstatite
Epsomite
'Feldspar Group'
'Flint'
Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
'Garnet'
Glauconite
Goethite
Goslarite
Greenockite
Gypsum
var: Satin Spar Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halite
Halotrichite
Haxonite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hibonite
Honessite
'Hornblende'
Hydrohonessite
Hydrozincite
Illite
Ilmenite
Iron
var: Kamacite
'Jamborite'
Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite
'Leucoxene'

'Limonite'
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides
var: Manganese Dendrites'
Marcasite
Melanterite
'Melilite'
Merrillite
Metavoltine
'Mica Group'
Millerite
Mirabilite
Muscovite
Nickelphosphide
Niter
Nitratine
Nitrocalcite
'Ochre'
'Olivine'
Opal
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Paratacamite
Pectolite
Periclase
Perovskite
'Petrified Wood'
Phlogopite
Pickeringite
'Plessite'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Quartz

Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper
var: Smoky Quartz
Römerite
Rutile
Salammoniac
Schreibersite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Smythite
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Stanfieldite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Taenite
Titanite
Troilite
Tschermakite
Uraninite
'Uvite'
Vermiculite
Violarite
Vivianite
Voltaite
'Wad'
Witherite

163 entries listed. 97 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

USA

Kentucky
- Adair Co.
- Allen Co.
- Anderson Co.
- Ballard Co.
- Barren Co.
- Bath Co.
- Bell Co.
- Boone Co.
  - Big Bone Lick State Park
  - Constance Yard
- Bourbon Co.
- Boyd Co.
- Boyle Co.
- Bracken Co.
  - Branch Junction Clay Prospect (Ritchie-Carpenter Farm)
- Breathitt Co.
  - Hillside Roadcut Prospect
- Breckinridge Co.
- Bullitt Co.
- Butler Co.
- Caldwell Co.
- Calloway Co.
- Campbell Co.
- Carlisle Co.
- Carroll Co.
  - Eagle Station meteorite
  - Interstate 71 road cuts
- Carter Co.
- Casey Co.
- Christian Co.
- Clark Co.
- Clay Co.
  - Highway 11 Roadcut Prospect
- Clinton Co.
  - Albany Quarry (Caldwell Quarry; Gaddie-Shamrock)
- Crittenden Co.
- Cumberland Co.
- Edmonson Co.
- Elliott Co.
- Estill Co.
- Fayette Co.
- Fleming Co.
- Floyd Co.
- Franklin Co.
- Garrard Co.
- Graves Co.
- Grayson Co.
- Green Co.
  - Nally and Gibson Greensburg Quarry
- Greenup Co.
- Hancock Co.
- Hardin Co.
- Harlan Co.
- Harrison Co.
- Hart Co.
- Henry Co.
- Hickman Co.
  - Chalk Bluff Sandstone Prospect
- Hopkins Co.
  - Jewel City Clay Mine
  - St. Charles Clay Prospect
- Jackson Co.
- Jefferson Co.
- Jessamine Co.
- Johnson Co.
- Kenton Co.
  - Kenton County meteorite
- Knott Co.
  - Ogden Branch Stone
- Knox Co.
  - Barbourville Shale
  - Highway 25-E Roadcut Prospect
- Larue Co.
  - Highway 84 Roadcut Prospect
  - Rolling Fork Roadcut Prospect
- Laurel Co.
- Lawrence Co.
  - Busseyville Sandstone Outcrop Prospect
  - Lick Creek Clay Prospect
- Lee Co.
  - Mud Tunnel Shale Prospect
  - Yellow Rock Mine & Mill (Yellow Rock Mine)

USA

Kentucky
- Letcher Co.
- Lewis Co.
  - Horner Mine
- Lincoln Co.
- Livingston Co.
- Logan Co.
- Lyon Co.
- Madison Co.
- Magoffin Co.
  - Burning Fork Shale Prospect
- Marion Co.
- Marshall Co.
- Martin Co.
  - Highway Roadcut Clay Bed Prospect
- Mason Co.
- McCracken Co.
- McCreary Co.
- McLean Co.
  - Livermore Shale Prospect
  - Roland Landing Sandstone Quarry
- Meade Co.
- Menifee Co.
  - Indian Creek Quarry (A. W. Walker and Son)
- Mercer Co.
- Metcalfe Co.
- Monroe Co.
- Montgomery Co.
  - 213 Quarry (A. W. Walker and Son)
  - Donaldson Creek Quarry (Mount Sterling Quarry & Mill 1972; Montgomery County Stone Company; Inc.)
- Morgan Co.
- Muhlenberg Co.
  - Greenville Quarry
- Nelson Co.
- Nicholas Co.
  - Nicholas County Quarry (Nicholas County Highway Dept.)
- Ohio Co.
- Oldham Co.
- Owen Co.
- Owsley Co.
  - Crane Fork Valley Shale Prospect
- Pendleton Co.
- Perry Co.
- Pike Co.
- Powell Co.
- Pulaski Co.
- Rockcastle Co.
- Rowan Co.
- Russell Co.
- Scott Co.
- Shelby Co.
- Simpson Co.
  - Franklin Quarry
- Spencer Co.
- Taylor Co.
  - Badger Mine and Mill (Badger Mine)
  - Campbellsville
- Todd Co.
  - Todd Quarry
- Trigg Co.
- Trimble Co.
  - I-71 roadcuts
  - Sulphur
    - KY 1606 roadcuts
- Trimble County
  - Bedford
- Union Co.
- Warren Co.
- Washington Co.
  - Springfield
    - Nally - Gibson Quarry
- Wayne Co.
- Webster Co.
  - Highway Junction Shale
  - Nesbit Hill Shale Prospect
- Whitley Co.
- Wolfe Co.
  - Mill Creek Stone (Rogers Mine and Mill; Porter Construction)
  - Stillwater Sandstone Exposure Prospect
- Woodford Co.

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References

F. J. Fohs (1907) The Fluorspar Deposits of Kentucky. KGS Bull 9 296pp.

Irving Fisher (1977) Distribution of Mississippian geodes and geodal minerals in Kentucky. Economic Geology 72: 864-869

Warren H. Anderson, Robert Denny Trace, Preston McGrain (1982) Barite deposits of Kentucky. Bulletin 1. Kentucky Geological Survey. University of Kentucky. Series II.

W. J. Shaub (1996) Field Collecting Guide to Kentucky.

Alan Goldstein (2006) Kentucky Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440.

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