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References

Alan Goldstein (2006) Kentucky Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440.
Irving Fisher (1977) Distribution of Mississippian geodes and geodal minerals in Kentucky. Economic Geology 72: 864-869
F. J. Fohs (1907) The Fluorspar Deposits of Kentucky. KGS Bull 9 296pp.
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.

Mineral List

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

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 'Chlorite Group' Chromite 'Clay' 'Coal var: Bituminous Coal' Copiapite Copper Diopside var: Chromian Diopside

Dolomite var: Ferroan Dolomite Enstatite Epsomite 'Feldspar Group' Fluorite Galena 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

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

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

175 entries listed. 95 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 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.