Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
White Oak, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA

mindat Locality ID: 249997
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249997.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Oak, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°2'57"N
Longitude: 76°58'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.049166666667,-76.980277777778

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.

Amorphous	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz

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 Cu Fe H K O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H K O P S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Fluorite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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