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Locality Name:
Union Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24365
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24365.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Union Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Allenwood
Winfield

Latitude: 41°1'10"N
Longitude: 76°52'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.019444444444,-76.880555555556

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 Ba C Ca Cd F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteCorundumFluoriteGypsumHalotrichiteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteVivianiteWurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12633053250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)126330711547
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1263307280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3263305,263306,26330727770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)2263306,2633071252
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22263305,2633079895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23263305,263306,2633079617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2263305,26330724243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1263307717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12633076890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1263307409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3126330414640
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22263305,26330739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22263305,26330761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2263304,2633056417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2263305,26330721482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2263306,263307589
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1263307636



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