Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New London, Frederick Co., Maryland, USA

mindat Locality ID: 42722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42722.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New London, Frederick Co., Maryland, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Farmers Cooperative Limestone Quarry
New London Mine (Linganore Mine)

Latitude: 39°25'5"N
Longitude: 77°15'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.418055555556,-77.254444444444

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Titanite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

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	1	218725	3419
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	218724	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	218724,218725	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	218725	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	218724,218725	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	218725	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	218724,218725	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	218724,218725	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	218724	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	218725	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	218724,218725	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	218724	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	218724,218725	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	218725	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	218725	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	218725	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	218724,218725	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	218724	454
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	218725	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	218724	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	218724	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	218725	589
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	218725	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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