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Locality Name:
Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 209362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Perkiomen Mines

Latitude: 40°7'46"N
Longitude: 75°26'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.129444444444,-75.439444444444

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeFluoriteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Langite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Susannite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3263140,263141,2631422734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22263140,2631413092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12631419052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23263140,263141,2631425509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3263140,263141,26314211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42263141,2631425516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612631411633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4263140,263141,263142,2631434979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12631415707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23263140,263141,26314327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3263140,263141,2631423531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2263141,2631433846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2263140,2631414165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4263140,263141,263142,2631432970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1263141366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22263141,2631439895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212631419617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4263140,263141,263142,26314324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2263141,2631437437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1263141717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3126314114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2263140,2631411689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612631411066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1263141593
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1263140234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24263140,263141,263142,263143987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24263140,263141,263142,26314312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212631415674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12631411107
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1263141309
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)44263140,263141,263142,263143369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126314139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl4263140,263141,263142,2631431725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23263141,263142,26314361156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O126314168
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1263141292
Silver  (*)CopperAg12631435186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2263141,2631422473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4263140,263141,263142,26314321482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12631412045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2126314199
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12631401101
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO44263140,263141,263142,2631431655



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