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Locality Name:
Line Pit (Lowe's Mine), State Line District, Cecil Co., Maryland, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Line Pit (Lowe's Mine), State Line District, Cecil Co., Maryland, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°43'16"N
Longitude: 76°10'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.721111111111,-76.171666666667
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: Al As B C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAuricuprideBruciteCalciteChloriteClayHydrotalciteMicaMilleriteNone
OlivinePerovskitePyriteQuartzSerpentineSpinelTalcTourmaline

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Brucite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Dravite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Margarite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)Zaratite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe0166
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S20205
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O40311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)20168
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As80161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O089
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O056


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060796Line Pit (Lowe's Mine), State Line District, Cecil Co., Maryland, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060796

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