Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
French Creek Mines, St. Peters, Warwick Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "French Creek Mines, St. Peters, Warwick Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Crossley Pits
Elizabeth Mine
Keim's Mine

Latitude: 40°10'59"N
Longitude: 75°43'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.183055555556,-75.716666666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite
Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilbite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tourmaline
Vivianite	Zircon

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 B C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apophyllite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Malachite
Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilbite Stilpnomelane Talc Thomsonite Titanite Tourmaline
Vivianite Zircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	262748,262749	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	262748,262749	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	262748,262749	951
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	0		966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	0		498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	262748,262749	814
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	2	262748,262749	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	262748,262749	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	262748,262749	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	0		139
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	0		425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	0		1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	0		303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	262748,262749	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	262748,262749	1711
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		375
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	262748,262749	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0		3418
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	0		268
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	0		456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	0		452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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