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Locality Name:
Silver Spring, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA


mindat Locality ID: 251739
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251739.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Spring, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Northwest Branch Locality
Paint Branch

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ca Fe H Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltStauroliteTourmaline

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312189592353
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12189591025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12189598173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121895924243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121895939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121895961156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12189592705
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1218959978


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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