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Locality Name:
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 180799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Allegheny River Alluvials
Overbrook

Latitude: 40°22'59"N
Longitude: 80°'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.383055555556,-80

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxene
QuartzRutileSpinelZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612624862060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126248627770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12624868173
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312624865433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412624861507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4126248614899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12624864924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126248617380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12624862349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126248661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212624865614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512624861516
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12624865251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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