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:
Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 29158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Glen Lyon
Hazel Township
Hazleton
Pittston
White Haven

Latitude: 41°7'49"N
Longitude: 75°54'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.130277777778,-75.903888888889

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.

Alum	Baryte	Clay	Hexahydrite	Millerite	None	Picromerite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Sulphur

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boussingaultite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Millerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rozenite ()*
Selenium ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tschermigite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Mg N Ni O S Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Baryte Clay Hexahydrite Millerite None Picromerite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Sphalerite Starkeyite Sulphur

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	263093	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	263093	11547
Boussingaultite ()*	Picromerite	(NH₄)₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	263086	30
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	263086	251
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	263093	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	263093	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	263093	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	263088,263090,263093,263094	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	263086	712
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	263091	293
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	263086	143
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	263093	21482
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	263086	81

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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