Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Upper Providence Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 209366
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209366.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper Providence Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Media
Sycamore Mills

Latitude: 39°56'43"N
Longitude: 75°25'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.945277777778,-75.421388888889

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.

Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel
Talc

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 Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Spinel
Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Enstatite ()*
Goethite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*
Spessartine ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	262875	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	262877	2353
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	262876	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	262876	951
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	262876	944
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	262877	7437
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	262877,262878	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	262877,262878	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	262875	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	262875,262876,262877,262878	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	262878	1214
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	262876	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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