Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Dickson's Quarry (Dixon's Quarry), Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA

mindat Locality ID: 10702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dickson's Quarry (Dixon's Quarry), Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°47'1"N
Longitude: 75°37'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.783611111111,-75.6275

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Serpentine	Tourmaline

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Be C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Garnet None Not in a structural group Serpentine Tourmaline

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Grossular ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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