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Locality Name:
Columbia Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 26827
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26827.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Columbia Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Almedia Mine
Centralia
Espy Mine
Webb's Mine

Latitude: 40°54'43"N
Longitude: 76°21'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.911944444444,-76.363888888889
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 As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn N O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAragoniteArcaniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayHalotrichiteKaoliniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetrahedriteVoltaite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Anglesite  (*)Apjohnite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cryptohalite  (*)Galena  (*)Hydrobasaluminite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1262783272
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12627822734
Apjohnite  (*)HalotrichiteMn2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O126278328
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2262782,26278427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12627824979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126278327198
Cryptohalite  (*)None(NH4)2SiF6126278314
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2262782,26278424243
Hydrobasaluminite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·15H2O126278312
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612627821066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412627835591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42262784,26278514899
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)126278361
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126278239462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21262783771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126278261156
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl1262783105
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12627822473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2262782,26278421482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12627832045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312627821803
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O126278381
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O1262783111


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