Taylorsville, Spencer County, Kentucky, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Taylorsville | City |
| Spencer County | County |
| Kentucky | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 1' 54'' North , 85° 20' 33'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Taylorsville is a city and the county seat of Spencer County.
A series of road cuts on KY155 between the Jefferson County line and the city, and on KY44 between the city and near Taylorsville Lake State Park entry road. Roads are busy but have very wide shoulders for puling over. Fossil collecting is allowed and common, adopted by the Spencer County Tourism.
Strata from the Upper Ordovician, Drakes Formation on the north end, mostly Grant Lake in the uplands. Valley rocks have fewer fossils and no minerals.
Minerals occur as vugs in brachiopods and corals. Calcite in small scalenohedrons are dominant in the brachiopods. Dolomite in 1mm orange crystals less common. Celestine in colorless blades, often spanning the width of the brachiopod or radiating in longer crystals rare in corals. Barite in pinkish microcrystals are rare. Pyrite in microcrystals partially coats some fossils, like bivalves.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities6 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Celestine Formula: SrSO4 |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite Formula: Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Celestine | 7.AD.35 | SrSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| Sr | Strontium | |
| Sr | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylorsville,_Kentucky |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q1023039 |
| GeoNames ID: | 4310638 |
Localities in this Region
- Kentucky
- Spencer County
- Taylorsville
- Spencer County
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Granite-Rhyolite ProvinceMagmatic Province
- Shawnee DomainDomain
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