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Locality Name:
West York, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 239938
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239938.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West York, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Medusa Cement Company Quarry
White Pigment Quarry (White Pigment Corp. Quarry; White Pigment Limestone Quarry)

Latitude: 39°56'37"N
Longitude: 76°45'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.943611111111,-76.766388888889
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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61263349919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212633495509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2263349,26335027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126334927198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126334924243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2126334912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212633495674
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126334961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS126334921482
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1263349372


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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