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Locality Name:
Marriottsville, Howard Co., Maryland, USA


mindat Locality ID: 43630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marriottsville, Howard Co., Maryland, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cockeysville Marble Occurrence
Marriottsville Road
Talc Occurrence
Tunnel Feldspar Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteStauroliteTalc
Tourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Kyanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Staurolite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412188781507
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121887817380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212188752273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121887839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121887861156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12188762705
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1218878978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22218875,2188773337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212188752562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1218875652


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