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Locality Name:
Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 27701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Blythe Township
Forestville
Mahanoy City
New Castle Township
Saint Clair
Shenandoah
Zerbe (Newton)

Latitude: 40°45'52"N
Longitude: 76°10'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.764444444444,-76.170833333333
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 C Cl F Fe H K Mg N O Pb S Se Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumArcaniteArsenolampriteCalciteClayCorundumKaoliniteMeloniteNonePicromerite
PyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSabieiteSulphur

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Alum-(K)  (*)Bararite  (*)Berndtite  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Sulphur-β  (*)Cryptohalite  (*)Dickite  (*)Downeyite  (*)Galena  (*)
Godovikovite  (*)Hematite  (*)Herzenbergite  (*)Hieratite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)
Ottemannite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Salammoniac  (*)
Selenium  (*)Siderite  (*)Steklite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tschermigite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O126327492
Bararite  (*)None(NH4)2SiF612632818
Berndtite  (*)MeloniteSnS2126327411
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O126327530
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212632745171
Sulphur-β  (*)NoneS12632745
Cryptohalite  (*)None(NH4)2SiF6126328114
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43263277,263278,263279651
Downeyite  (*)NoneSeO20012632742
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126328124243
Godovikovite  (*)Sabieite(NH4)Al(SO4)2126327419
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3126328114640
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS126327435
Hieratite  (*)NoneK2SiF612632817
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)2263274,26328161
Ottemannite  (*)NoneSn2S312632744
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126328139462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21263279771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23263277,263278,26327961156
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl1263281105
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1263274143
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12632796417
Steklite  (*)SabieiteKAl(SO4)212632745
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2263274,2632812045
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O126327981


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R090054Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania, USAhttps://rruff.info/R090054

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