Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 510
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 24578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24578.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Cedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry)
Damp Pit
Haines & Kibblehouse Penn-Maryland Materials Quarry
Jenkins Mine (Jenkins Corner; North Rock Springs)
Line Pit (Lowe's Chromite Mine)
Red Pit Mine
Reynold's Mine
Rock Springs Iron Mine
Rock Springs Run
Texas (Lyles Post Office)
Wet Pit (South Rock Springs Pit)
Wet Pit Slaymaker Property
Wrightsdale

Latitude: 39°43'45"N
Longitude: 76°9'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.729166666667,-76.153055555556

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	Aragonite	Baddeleyite	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Digenite	Feldspar
Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	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 As B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Mn Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Ru S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe Ir Ni O Os Pb Pd Ru S Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baddeleyite Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Copper Digenite Feldspar
Hydrotalcite Malachite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Tourmaline

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Baddeleyite ()*	Brucite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coalingite ()*	Desautelsite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gaspéite ()*
Godlevskite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Irarsite ()*
Iridium ()*	Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Mcguinnessite ()*
Millerite ()*	Nakauriite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Orcelite ()*	Osmium ()*
Pokrovskite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Shandite ()*	Talc ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Vincentite ()*
Vysotskite ()*	Wüstite ()*	Zaratite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	263006,263008	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	263006	2162
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	510	470	6	263006,263008,263009,263010,263011,263013	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			2	263006,263008	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	263006	919
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	510	470	0		238
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	510	470	3	263006,263008,263010	462
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			1	263006	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	263012	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	510	470	7	263006,263008,263009,263010,263012,263019,263021	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	510	470	5	263006,263008,263009,263010,263013	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	510	470	3	263006,263009,263010	1756
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O			1	263006	27
Desautelsite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Mn³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	263006	9
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	510	470	0		1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	263006	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	510	470	1	263010	648
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	510	470	2	263006,263010	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	510	470	0		24243
Gaspéite ()*	Calcite	Ni(CO₃)	510	470	1	263011	22
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	510	470	0		40
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	510	470	2	263006,263010	205
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄			1	263006	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	510	470	4	263006,263008,263009,263010	341
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	510	470	0		154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	510	470	0		162
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	510	470	0		226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	263006,263008	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	510	470	2	263010,263011	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	510	470	4	263006,263008,263009,263010	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	510	470	6	263006,263008,263011,263013,263014,263019	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	263006	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	510	470	1	263010	168
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	510	470	1	263010	161
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	263006,263008	34
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	510	470	1	263010	1066
Nakauriite ()*	None	Cu₈(SO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₆·48H₂O			2	263006,263008	12
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	510	470	0		633
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	510	470	0		36
Osmium ()*	None	Os	510	470	0		169
Pokrovskite ()*	Malachite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	263006	9
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	510	470	0		131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	510	470	3	263006,263010,263016	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	510	470	2	263006,263010	89
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	263006	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	510	470	6	263006,263008,263009,263010,263011,263014	61156
Shandite ()*	None	Ni₃Pb₂S₂	510	470	0		14
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	510	470	3	263006,263010,263012	3337
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			2	263006,263008	652
Vincentite ()*	None	Pd₃As	510	470	0		17
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	510	470	0		53
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	510	470	0		74
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	510	470	1	263009	56

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
podchrome-00498	510	470	Lower Ordovician (490±20 Ma)	Cr	28607	Jenkins Mine (Jenkins Corner; North Rock Springs), Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA	Jenkins	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00490	510	470	Lower Ordovician (490±20 Ma)	Cr	57558	Line Pit (Lowe's Chromite Mine), Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA	Line Pit	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00489	510	470	Lower Ordovician (490±20 Ma)	Cr	61999	Red Pit Mine, Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA	Red Pit	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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