Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 24250
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24250.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Friedensville

Latitude: 40°32'58"N
Longitude: 75°23'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.549444444444,-75.399722222222

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Epsomite	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Lanthanite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Allophane ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bianchite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lanthanite-(La) ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sauconite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*

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 Cd Cu Fe H La Mg Mn Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Calcite Clay Epsomite Hexahydrite Kaolinite Lanthanite Malachite Marcasite
Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	485	470	1	263076	470
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	485	470	2	263077,263081	3250
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	485	470	1	263081	40
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485	470	2	263077,263081	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	485	470	2	263077,263081	9895
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	485	470	2	263077,263081	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	485	470	2	263077,263081	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	485	470	5	263077,263078,263079,263080,263081	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	485	470	2	263077,263081	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	485	470	1	263081	5591
Lanthanite-(La) ()*	Lanthanite	La₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	485	470	1	263081	10
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	485	470	1	263076	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	485	470	1	263081	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	485	470	1	263081	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	470	2	263077,263081	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	485	470	1	263077	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485	470	2	263077,263081	61156
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	485	470	3	263077,263078,263081	56
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	485	470	2	263077,263081	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	485	470	3	263077,263078,263081	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	485	470	1	263077	1934

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00224	485	470	Early Ordovician		host rock age									4091	Friedensville Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA	Friedensville	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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