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Locality Name:
Springfield Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 156391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156391.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Springfield Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Leiper's Quarry
Smedley Park Beryl Locality

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O P S Si Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousApatiteAutuniteBerylBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMeta-autuniteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzSpinelStibniteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12628628803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1262862470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312628622353
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12628631272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182262862,2628634286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312628621935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1262862716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126286227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126286227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12628623531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12628628173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12628632740
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312628625433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4126286214899
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1262862388
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12628624924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212628625800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22262862,26286317380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12628622994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126286239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126286261156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12628632705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312628621214
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12628624899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212628622718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1262862890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12628625251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12628621025


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