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Locality Name:
Woodensburg-Cardiff District, Harford Co., Maryland, USA


mindat Locality ID: 307376
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307376.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Woodensburg-Cardiff District, Harford Co., Maryland, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cambria Quarry (Whiteford Quarry)
Cardiff
Clermont Mills
Jenkins Mine (Todd Mine)
Neikirk Mine

Latitude: 39°42'15"N
Longitude: 76°22'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.704166666667,-76.366666666667
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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumNonePyriteQuartzRutile
SerpentineSpinelTalcZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212188233419
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212188263092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21218828718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41218823708
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121882327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121882327198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41218823951
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22218823,2188269895
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32218826,2188275433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12188231487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43218823,218826,21882714899
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12188232994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23218823,218826,21882739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121882361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22218826,2188275614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23218823,218826,2188273337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212188282562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2218826,2188275251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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