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Locality Name:
Penn Township, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 240792
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240792.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penn Township, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Edler Lake U-Cu Occurrence
McCauley Prospect 22

Latitude: 41°18'15"N
Longitude: 76°39'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.304166666667,-76.651666666667

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 As Ba C Ca Cu H O P Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteDigeniteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Digenite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Uranophane-β  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12631102734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212631105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)126310911547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62263109,2631101633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126311027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12631104979
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1263110194
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2263109,2631103531
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S12631101027
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1263110198
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1263110593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22263109,26311012537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1263110443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O1263110182
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1263110492
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1263110144
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1263110309
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312631101803



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