Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Attelboro
Durham
Eureka
Hendrick Island
New Britain Township
Northampton Township
Point Pleasant
Rock Hill
Solebury Township
Southampton Township
West Rockhill Township

Latitude: 40°21'58"N
Longitude: 75°7'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.366111111111,-75.131666666667

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scapolite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wavellite	Wollastonite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cancrinite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Cancrinite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Linarite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scapolite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Vesuvianite Wavellite Wollastonite
Zircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	262599	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	262614	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	262604	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	262610	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	262606	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	262604	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	262604	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	262604,262606,262616	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	262608	232
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	262604	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	262606	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	262604	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	262606	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	262604	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	262616	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	262604	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	262606	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	262614,262619	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	262604	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	262594,262616	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	262606	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	262597,262606	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	262601	2228
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	262604	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	262597	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	262604,262606	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	262616	139
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	262616	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	262606	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	262619	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	262608,262616	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	262606	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	262616	2273
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	262604	309
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	262610	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	262599,262604,262606,262616	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	262604	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	262616	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	262597,262599,262604,262606,262616	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	262604	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	262610,262616	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	262610	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	262614	1395
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	262619	374
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	262616	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	262604	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	262606,262616	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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