Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
York Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 156405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156405.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "York Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Dillsburg
East Manchester Township
Fawn Grove (Constitution)
Frogtown
Hanover
Jackson Township
Jacobus
Leaders Heights
New Oxford
Peach Bottom Township
Warrington Township
West York
Wrightsville
York

Latitude: 39°54'54"N
Longitude: 76°41'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.915,-76.688055555556

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote
Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Ilvaite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wavellite	Wurtzite

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 Au Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Diaspore Digenite Epidote
Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Hexahydrite Ilvaite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Wavellite Wurtzite

67 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lechatelierite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Safflorite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*	Ungavaite ()*
Wavellite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	263347,263353	3419
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	263322	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	263352	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	263353	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	263347	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	263325	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	263325,263349	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	263347,263349	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	263325	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	263328,263347,263353	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	263352	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	263322,263325,263330,263333,263340,263349,263350,263352,263353,263354	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	263354	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	263347,263353	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	263322,263325,263328,263347,263349	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	263325	577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	0		376
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	263347	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	263352	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	263328	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	263353	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	263353	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	263347	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	263325,263352	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	263347	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	263325	484
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	263328	371
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	263322,263325	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	263325,263328,263349,263352	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	263325,263330,263338	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	263342	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	263325	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	263325	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	263347	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	263325	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	263325,263329,263347	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	263325	1689
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	263325	251
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	263325	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	263352	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	263321	197
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	263325	2228
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	263322,263353	1271
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂	1	263353	62
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	263325	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	263328,263347,263353	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	263325,263347,263349	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	263325,263349	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	263352	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	263322	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	263353	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	263325	306
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	263336	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	263322,263325,263330,263336,263338,263352	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	263325	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	263352	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	263322,263325,263336,263338,263349,263352,263353	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	263325,263326,263352	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	263328	317
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	263325	2473
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	263328	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	263325,263328,263333,263349,263352,263353	21482
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	1	263328	46
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	263328	120
Ungavaite ()*	None	Pd₄Sb₃	1	263328	3
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	263341	374
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	263349	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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