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Locality Name:
Masontown, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 240815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Masontown, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gates-Adah Kimberlite Dikes

Latitude: 39°50'48"N
Longitude: 79°53'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.846666666667,-79.899722222222
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 Cr Fe H K Mg O Pt S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideCalciteClayCoronaditeCorundumGarnetMicaNonePerovskitePyrite
PyroxeneRutileSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Priderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Rutile  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126289127770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612628914135
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312628915433
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe1262891128
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41262891311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4126289114899
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31262891495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212628912273
Priderite  (*)CoronaditeK(Ti7Fe3+)O16126289141
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126289139462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31262891341
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212628915614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412628911934


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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