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Locality Name:
Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk), Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 212583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk), Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Butcher Hollow
Mauch Chunk Ridge
Mount Pisgah
Penn Haven Junction

Latitude: 40°53'57"N
Longitude: 75°44'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.899166666667,-75.741666666667
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Se Si Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O P U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAutuniteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteGypsumMeta-autuniteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPhosphuranylitePyriteQuartzRocksaltZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Andersonite  (*)Autunite  (*)Billietite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Dewindtite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kasolite  (*)Liebigite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1262627470
Andersonite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·5-6H2O126262747
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12626261272
Billietite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O2262626,26262738
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O61262628248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126262727770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2262627,2626281184
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126262827198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2262625,262628281
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1262627566
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O126262882
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126262824243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12626276890
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O2262626,262628198
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O126262778
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1262626388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1262628443
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126262617380
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1262627144
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O2262626,262628182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22262625,26262839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126262761156
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O1262627128
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O126262856
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1262627628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212626282718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2262626,262627890


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