Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 23694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Burnside
Mandata
Mount Carmel Township
Shamokin
Sunbury

Latitude: 40°46'6"N
Longitude: 76°38'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.768333333333,-76.644444444444

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	Arsenolite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	Millosevichite
None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Acetamide ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bararite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Downeyite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Laphamite ()*	Millosevichite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sauconite ()*	Selenium ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg N Na O Pb S Se Si Sn Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenolite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Gypsum Millosevichite
None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acetamide ()*	Not in a structural group	CH₃CONH₂	0	0	1	263217	2
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	263219	2734
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃			1	263213	231
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	263219	919
Bararite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂SiF₆			1	263213	8
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	263215,263219	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	263213	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	263215	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	263219	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	263219	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	263219	9895
Downeyite ()*	None	SeO₂	0	0	1	263213	2
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	263215,263219	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	263213,263219	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	263215	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	263213	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	263219	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	263219	1066
Laphamite ()*	Orpiment	As₂Se₃	0	0	1	263213	1
Millosevichite ()*	Millosevichite	Al₂(SO₄)₃			1	263213	20
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	263213	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	263219	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	263219	61156
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	263219	56
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se			1	263213	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0	0	1	263217	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	263215,263219	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	263215	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	263213	2045

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0018	0	0	0		Age of mining									62571	Shamokin, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA	Shamokin coal mine	Neves et al. (2009)		TD4_51	Acetamide is found as a result of anthropogenic mining activity.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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