Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Leiperville, Ridley Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 28203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leiperville, Ridley Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Deshong's Quarry

Latitude: 39°52'1"N
Longitude: 75°20'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.866944444444,-75.340833333333

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Meta-autunite	Mica	Natrolite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Grossular ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Meta-autunite Mica Natrolite
None Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Thomsonite Titanite Tourmaline

19 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)	1	262855	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	262855	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	262855	4286
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	262855	1544
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	262855	5433
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	262855	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	262855	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	262855	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	262855	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	262855	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	262855	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	262855	301
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	262855	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	262855	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	262855	1214
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	262855	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	262855	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	262855	1059
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	262855	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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