Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wheatley Mines, Phoenixville Mining District, Schuylkill Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4075
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4075.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheatley Mines, Phoenixville Mining District, Schuylkill Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°6'20"N
Longitude: 75°31'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.105555555556,-75.516666666667

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite
Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur
Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Wheatleyite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite
Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Oxalate Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur
Vivianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1066
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			265
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1107
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			369
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2045
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			605
Wheatleyite ()*	Oxalate	Na₂Cu(C₂O₄)₂·2H₂O	0	0	1
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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