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Liter's Quarry (Hanson Aggregates Irvington Quarry), Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USAi
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Liter's Quarry (Hanson Aggregates Irvington Quarry)Quarry
Breckinridge CountyCounty
KentuckyState
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Irvington Quarry lower pit, partially flooded

Liter's Quarry, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 53' 39'' North , 86° 18' 5'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Irvington1,184 (2017)2.2km
Ekron146 (2017)11.4km
Brandenburg2,852 (2017)16.4km
Doe Valley1,931 (2011)17.6km
Hardinsburg2,333 (2017)18.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
63779
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:63779:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Limestone quarry operating since the 1940s consisting of an upper and lower pit. Upper quarry contains irregular occurences of calcite, fluorite and barite; while the lower pit contains a lower vug zone (recently exposed) with dolomite, calcite and minor fluorite. Upper vuggy zone contains fluorite (yellow, purple - various shades - colorless), calcite, dolomite (very large crystals of a pastel-pink color), chalcopyrite, malachite, and occasional drusy quartz.

Access to this quarry is currently severely restricted. Successful mineral collecting is highly sporadic.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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13 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Detailed Mineral List:

Anhydrite
Formula: CaSO4
Aragonite ?
Formula: CaCO3
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite
Formula: Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
'Manganese Oxides'
'Manganese Oxides var. Manganese Dendrites'
'Petroleum var. Bitumen'
References:
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
var. Iron-bearing Dolomite5.AB.10Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
Aragonite ?5.AB.15CaCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Unclassified
'Petroleum
var. Bitumen'
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'Manganese Oxides
var. Manganese Dendrites'
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List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C Dolomite var. Iron-bearing DolomiteCa(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
OOxygen
O AnhydriteCaSO4
O AragoniteCaCO3
O BaryteBaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O Dolomite var. Iron-bearing DolomiteCa(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mg Dolomite var. Iron-bearing DolomiteCa(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S AnhydriteCaSO4
S BaryteBaSO4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca AnhydriteCaSO4
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca Dolomite var. Iron-bearing DolomiteCa(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe Dolomite var. Iron-bearing DolomiteCa(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4

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