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Locality Name:
West Nottingham Township, State Line Chromite District, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 156388
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156388.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Nottingham Township, State Line Chromite District, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dunlap's Quarry
Goat Hill Magnesia Quarries
Hillside Chromite Mine
Nottingham

Latitude: 39°44'25"N
Longitude: 76°3'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.740277777778,-76.053333333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Na Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Cu Fe Ir Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleCalciteChloriteClayCopperFeldsparIronLöllingiteMelonite
MilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePotaritePyriteQuartzRocksaltSepioliteSpinel
StillwateriteTalcTetradymiteUllmannite

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopalladinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Ferronickelplatinum  (*)Galena  (*)
Godlevskite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Iridium  (*)
Iron  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laurite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Majakite  (*)
Malanite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Melonite  (*)Menshikovite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Naldrettite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Omeiite  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Platinum  (*)
Polydymite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ruarsite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Shandite  (*)
Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Sudburyite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Telluropalladinite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Tulameenite  (*)Ungavaite  (*)
Vincentite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)Wüstite  (*)Zaratite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12627288803
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21262727718
Arsenopalladinite  (*)StillwateritePd8As3510470031
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS451047005516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S45104700101
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O45104702262732,2627333902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)851047012627331756
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS25104700110
Ferronickelplatinum  (*)PotaritePt2FeNi510470013
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS510470024243
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8510470040
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S25104700205
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS5104700119
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS5104700154
Iridium  (*)CopperIr5104700162
Iron  (*)IronFe51047001089
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)5104700116
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS25104700226
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)5104702262728,2627331487
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs510470022
Malanite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S4510470035
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As85104700161
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe25104700207
Menshikovite  (*)NonePd3Ni2As3510470015
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS51047001066
Naldrettite  (*)NonePd2Sb510470011
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs5104700633
Omeiite  (*)LöllingiteOsAs251047007
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As510470037
Platinum  (*)CopperPt5104700485
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S45104700131
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2510470126273361156
Ruarsite  (*)NoneRuAsS510470025
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1262728241
Shandite  (*)NoneNi3Pb2S2510470014
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi510470044
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs25104700337
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2510470075
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb510470046
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)251047012627333337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te35104700276
Telluropalladinite  (*)NonePd9Te4510470015
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe510470066
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe510470048
Ungavaite  (*)NonePd4Sb351047003
Vincentite  (*)NonePd3As510470017
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS510470053
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO510470074
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O126273256



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
podchrome-00491510470Lower Ordovician (490±20 Ma)       Cr237756Hillside Chromite Mine, West Nottingham Township, State Line Chromite District, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USAHillsideMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00492510470Lower Ordovician (490±20 Ma)       Cr21615Scott Mine, Nottingham, West Nottingham Township, State Line Chromite District, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USAScottMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


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