Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Delight, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA

mindat Locality ID: 28164
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28164.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Delight, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Calhoun Mine
Soldiers' Delight Ridge

Latitude: 39°24'45"N
Longitude: 76°50'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.4125,-76.833888888889

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Clay	None	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Stibnite

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: C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay None Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Stibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Dolomite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	218433	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	218431,218433	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	218431,218433	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	218433	951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	218433	9895
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	218433	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	218431,218433	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	218433	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	218431,218433	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	218433	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	218433	5614
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	218433	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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