Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 28829
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28829.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Albright Farm Prospect
Bellwood
Birmingham
Samuel Synder Prospect
Taylor Township

Latitude: 40°30'24"N
Longitude: 78°19'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.506666666667,-78.328888888889

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Geocronite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sartorite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Baumhauerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Fluorite Geocronite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sartorite Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	262578,262583	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	262580	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	262583	11547
Baumhauerite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₁₂As₁₆S₃₆	1	262583	15
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	262583,262587	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	262580,262587	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	262583	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	262580,262583,262587	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	262587	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	262578,262583,262584	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	262583	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	262578,262583	1066
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	1	262583	105
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	262583,262587	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	262583	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	262578	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	262578,262582,262583,262587	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	262587	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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