Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
East Hempfield Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 186282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Hempfield Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bamford
Rohrerstown

Latitude: 40°5'6"N
Longitude: 76°23'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.085,-76.389166666667

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aurichalcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	262964	919
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	262964	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	262964	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	262964	24243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	262964	1066
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	262964	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	262964	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	262964	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	262964	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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