Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 107317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hares Valley Area
McConnellstown
Warriors Mark Township

Latitude: 40°25'5"N
Longitude: 78°'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.418055555556,-78.011111111111

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Coronadite	Fluorite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydroxylpyromorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Coronadite Fluorite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	262911,262913	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	262916	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	262916,262917	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	262911,262913	27198
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	262918	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	262916,262917	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	262916,262917	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	262911,262913,262914,262917	24243
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	262911	367
Hydroxylpyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃(OH)	1	262911	5
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	262917	1066
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	262911	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	262911,262914,262916	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	262911	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	262911,262913,262914,262917	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	262909,262913	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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