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Locality Name:
Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 240812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Doughty Mine

Latitude: 40°49'57"N
Longitude: 76°49'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.8325,-76.8225
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sauconite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12632192734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61263219919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126321927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12632194979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126321927198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212632199895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212632199617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126321924243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12632191689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612632191066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126321939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126321961156
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O126321956
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS126321921482


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