Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 43703
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43703.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scaggsville, Howard Co., Maryland, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ben Murphy Mica Mine
George Iager Beryl-Mica Prospects
Route 29

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Autunite	Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Quartz	Spinel
Tourmaline

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 Be Ca Fe H K Mn Na O P Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Beryl Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica None Quartz Spinel
Tourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*	Gahnite ()*	Hematite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	218897	8803
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	218897	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	218897,218898	4286
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	218897	445
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	218897	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	218897	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	218897,218898	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	218897,218900	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	218897,218900	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	218897	1214

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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