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Locality Name:
West Nottingham Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 242549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242549.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Nottingham Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sylmar

Latitude: 39°44'56"N
Longitude: 75°59'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.748888888889,-75.995555555556
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 Be Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylChloriteClayEpidoteFeldsparMicaMolybdeniteNoneSmectite-vermiculite
TalcTourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Schorl  (*)Talc  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)212627623419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12627628803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812627624286
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812627621756
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212627625800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126276217380
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12627622705
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212627623337
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1262762652
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12627621025


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