Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bainbridge, Conoy Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 240828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240828.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Billmeyer Quarry

Latitude: 40°4'21"N
Longitude: 76°38'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.0725,-76.646944444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	262949	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	262949	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	262949	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	262949	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	262949	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	262949	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	262949	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	262949	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	262949	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	262949	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	262949	24243
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	262949	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	262949	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	262949	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	262949	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	262949	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	262949	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	262949	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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