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Apatite from
Fayette County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1109268
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1109268:1
GUID (UUID V4):7a33daac-c5e0-4032-9fa3-1c2ccb1d4e4d
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kentucky Kentucky Mineral Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [Dalhousie University] at 18:01 27 December...Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. K entucky...Commonwealth is Black Mountain in the Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of...quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level. There are...nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
melt evolution:phlogopitesand oxidesfrom the Fayette County kimberlite, Pennsylvania Rosenr H. HuNren.r...37996 Abstract Hypabyssal-facieskimberlite from Fayette County, Pennsylvania,comprisesmegacrysts/ inclusions...rationale used in the present study of the Fayette County kimberlite, Pennsylvania. A companion paper...Geologic setting and general characteristics The Fayette County kimberlite (Fie. l) occurs as a natrow (l-2...with well-preserved internal con- FAYETTE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY KIMBERLITE 3l tacts. Two facies occur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
velocity zone: kimberlitic megacrysts from Fayette County, Pennsylvania RoeEnr H. HuNrent AND LRwneNce...e, and carbonate with subordinate serpentine, apatite, rutile, and sulfides. The petrology of these groundmassphases...location and general characteristicsof the Fayette County kimberlite are describedin a companionpaper(Hunter...towards a constant value of Fo 88-89. In the Fayette County occurrence,the two populationsare chemicallydistinct...also probably causedby a assemblagesof the Fayette County kimberlite, and as samplingproblem. expected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Plumose County, Arizona. N o one knows better than we do that there is no such county in Arizona and...Atlanta, G a . — D r . A. S. Furcron, Editor). "Apatite near Nachoochee, Ga." This mineral was discovered...that it is ROCKS AND MINERALS a high calcium apatite exhibiting high birefringence. IDAHO—In the vicinity...Franklin Co., Kansas. KENTUCKY—For many years Elliott County, in eastern Kentucky, has been known as a...reason for these many attempts is that in Elliott County is found a rock, called kimberlite, which is identical
Report (issue)
Middle Pennsylvanian Part of the Appalachian Basin, Kentucky, Ohio, ses oes eae Socks sagas «iss Ree oa M....traced across Pennsylvania into Ohio. Many of the county and other geologic reports concerning the Pennsylvanian...been completed in Ohio. Additionally, all of the county geologic reports for the coal-bearing areas of...districts within the plateau. As a result of their county geologic reports, both Ohio (Bownocker and Dean...particularly rugged, and the coal districts of eastern Kentucky, southwestern Virginia, and eastern Tennessee
Report (issue)
VARIEGATED MARBLE SOUTHEAST OF CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. About 3£ miles a little...Bristol County; Lynnfield and Peabody, Essex County; Monson, Hampden County; Pelham, Hampshire County; Acton...Townsend, Middlesex County; Wrentham, Norfolk County; Brockton and Hingham, Plymouth County; Revere, Suffolk...Suffolk County; and Fitchburg, Leominster, and Uxbridge, Worcester County. The distribution of all the granitequarrying...tourmaline in minute prisms. The accessory minerals are apatite in needles and particles (abundant), pyrite, garnet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Areas. The Fayette-Campbell-Coweta counties porphyritic granite area. The Hancock county porphyritic...Baldwin county porphyritic granite area. The Warren county porphyritic granite area. The Greene county porphyritic...Columbia county porphyritic granite area. The Pike county porphyritic granite area. The Fulton county porphyritic...these rocks. DESCRIPTION OF INDIVIDUAL AREAS The Fayette-Campbell-Coweta countiesporphyriticgranite area...occupies contiguous portions of Campbell, Coweta and Fayette counties. The rock-outcrops are usually small and
Report (volume)
Erasmus Haworth, University of Kansas, Lawrence. Kentucky........Mr. J. B. Hoeing, Frankfort. Mr. J. H....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Book
1984) .............................. 6.6.3.4. Fayette County (Hunter et al. 1984) ..................................................................... Apatite .................................................(Vanuxem 1837, Williams 1887), and at Ison Creek, Kentucky (Crandall 1885). These latter rocks were described...perovskite, ilmenite, diopside, monticellite, apatite, calcite and serpentine. All of these minerals...Accessory minerals include diopside, monticellite, apatite, rutile, and nickeliferous sulphides. Some kimberlites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The matrix of the kimberlite contains lizardite, apatite, calcite, ilmenite and chromite; titanite, zirconolite...phlogopite (Phl), zircon (Zrn), calcite (Cal), apatite (Ap). 3.2. Anhedral grains of ilmenite in carbonatite...phlogopite crystals, or intergrown with calcite, apatite, zircon and phlogopite (Fig. 2B). The ilmenite...and may be associated with euhedral grains of apatite and chromite. They are internally homogeneous and...of Mn-rich ilmenite in the Elliott County kimberlite, Kentucky (USA) to Ca-enriched late fluids. Furthermore
Report (issue)
A note on newly discovered kimberlites in Riley County, Kansas William L. Mansker, Bill D. Richards, and...petrography of the Twin Knobs ttl lamproite, Pike County, Arkansas . 205 Michael A. Waldman, Tom E. McCandless...Potash Sulfur Springs igneous complex, Garland County, Arkansas Robert E. Zartman and J. Michael Howard...of a kimberlite-bearing breccia dike, San Juan County, Utah [Ph.D. thesis]: Pasadena, California Institute... Canada; Norilsk, USSR; and the Duluth Complex, USA. The development of sulfide immiscibility is known
Report (issue)
the Lexington Limestone (Ordovician) of Central Kentucky By EARLE R. CRESSMAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... PAPER 768 Prepared in cooperation with the Kentucky Geological Survey A desc1·ijJtion of a Middle...Stratigraphic sections of the Lexington Limestone. central Kentucky, showing ranges of fossils along1. Line A-A'....stratigraphic sections of Lexing'~n Limestone, central Kentucky. Generalized composite fence diagram of Lexington...Lexington Limestone and equivalent formations, central Kentucky, 1 showing facies relations. • Block diagrams
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (volume)
....................................... 135 Kentucky.................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Report (issue)
ulletin C 26 GEOLOGY AN D MINERAL RESOURCES OF FAYETTE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA BY w. 0 . I-IICKOK I V AND...-sandstone . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Structure in Fayette County, :!\{ercer group . . . . . . . . . 56 . by...syncline . . . . . 24 Ki ttanning ( Cla.rion) Fayette anticline ... . . . . . . 25 ,s andstone . . ....T. iroyer .... History of coal ancl coke in Fayette County . . . . . . 351 Coal and coke .statistics ...Historical account . . . . . . . . . 421 Oil in Fayette County . . . . . . 422 IV Sands . . . . . . . .
Book (edition)
Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that diamond, It is...a scratch just gypsum or about will scratch apatite, as and a a hard as file material. testing...malachite (copper carbonate), phosphates such as apatite, and silicates, which large and complex family...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crust in the subsurface Grenville orogen, Ohio, USA Andreas Petersson a,∗ , Anders Scherstén a , Jenny... 4383 Fountain Square Dr., Columbus, OH, 43224, USA b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...the Grenville front magnetic lineament), in Ohio, USA. In order to understand the evolution of the Grenville...continuation of the Grenville Province. One core in Logan County drilled into the presumed unmetamorphosed foreland...1. Rhyolite, west of the Grenville front (Logan County) The core sampled is a felsic aphanitic rock with
Report (volume)
HARDNESS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
serpentine with lesser spinels, ilmenite, perovskite, apatite, and rarely monticellite and/or diopside. Most...(0.5- 1.0 wt%) is reflected in the abundance of apatite (Dawson 1967). The trace-element compositions of...Muramatsu 1979). The major carriers of REE are apatite and especially perovskite (Boctor & Boyd 1979)...of oxide minerals in kimber­ lite, Elliott County, Kentucky. Am. Mineral. 67: 28-42 Arculus, R. J., Delano...con­ tent and petrogenesis of kimberlites in Riley County, Kansas, U.S.A. Am. Mineral. 67:223-33 Dawson
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chiefly of magnesia mica, melilite, perofskite, apatite, and magnetite. All of these except the melilite...Tompkins County, New York. Analyst, J. H. C. Martens. II. Dike near Ludlowville, Tompkins County, New York...Crittenden County, Kentucky. Analyst, W. F. Hillebrand.10 IX. Peridotite, Willard, Elliot County, Kentucky...southeastern and southwestern Ken­ tucky,3’ 9’10 and Eiley County, Kansas.23 All these intrusions are in gently folded...excepting the breccia described by Currier6 from Hardin County, Illinois, which may represent an acid type of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest...northwest of Cherry Grove School; Fayette County—near Fayetteville; Fulton County—near College Park. (Georgia...has been found near Mentor, Saline Co., Kansas. Kentucky—Almandite garnet occurs in small red crystals...peridotites near Fielden, Elliott Co., in Eastern Kentucky. Louisiana—Lovett Word, Box 1129, Leesville, La...Wetherbee. New Jersey—Nice greenish crystals of apatite have been found recently in the abandoned limestone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1989 Summary The Blue Ball kimberlite, Scott County, Arkansas, contains between 23 and 36 modal % phlogopite...Kristallisation Der Blue Ball Kimberlit, Scott County, Arkansas, enth/ilt zwischen 23 und 36% Phlogopit...phlogopite present in the Blue Ball kimberlite, Scott County, Arkansas. As an outgrowth of earlier work (Salpas...titano-magnetite TS NO. OLIVINE P~PITE CARBONATE SPINEL APATITE PEROWSKITE BB-I 36.3 32.8 20.7 i0.i ---...phlogopites, carbonate ( ~ 12-25 modal %; Table 1), apatite (~0.1 mm and = 0.2 modal ~o; Fig. 1B), perovskite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
other micaceous kimberlites from South Africa, the USA and Canada (‘type 1’ micas of Smith et al., 1978;...textured, phlogopite-rich groundmass that includes apatite, titanite, spinels and deuteric minerals; (2) uniformly...surrounding uniform-textured groundmass. Crystals of apatite and/or phlogopite, each 1 mm long, commonly intrude...subhedral, equant crystals of andradite, serpentine, apatite, magnetite (0.1 mm long), calcite and rare phlogopite...phlog, chromite–magnetite, calcite, phlog, Sr-apatite, calcite, kimberlite (MPK) low: 10% mac þ 20%
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
infiltration metasomatism) as well as the presence of apatite (locally Cl-rich), pargasite, Na-rich richterite...composition of corroded pyroxenes and the presence of apatite, amphibole (sometimes associated with sulphides)...chalcopyrite within bleb sulphides in kimberlite from Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Stone and Fleet, 1990) and palladium...(5.4 and 30.0 for the two sulphide blebs of Fayette County; Stone and Fleet, 1990) and a low content of...Platinum-iron alloy (Pt3Fe) in kimberlite from Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Amer Mineral 75:881-885 Sun
 
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