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Locality Name:
Gap, Bart Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 240824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gap, Bart Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gap Mine (Gap Nickel Mine)

Latitude: 39°57'29"N
Longitude: 76°4'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.958055555556,-76.083055555556
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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAragoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopper
EpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparKaoliniteMelanteriteMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyrite
QuartzSpinelTalcTourmalineVivianite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)
Hisingerite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Morenosite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Retgersite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Talc  (*)Violarite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212629393419
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12629391036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12629393250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126293927770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1262939925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12629395707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126293927198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1262939382
Copper  (*)CopperCu12629393846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12629398173
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O1262939144
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612629392228
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1262939451
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1262939915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS12629391066
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O126293984
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812629391512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126293939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812629399056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126293961156
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O126293955
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12629392705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12629396417
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212629393337
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S41262939380
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1262939636


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