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Locality Name:
Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 52106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Crump's Quarry
Feldspar Quarry

Latitude: 39°55'8"N
Longitude: 75°24'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.918888888889,-75.411666666667
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 Be C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O Si Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Nb O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylCalciteClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparGarnetMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStauroliteTalc

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Corundum  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Margarite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
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
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212628403419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12628408803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32262840,2628412353
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21262840718
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812628404286
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412628403902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O60289
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312628401797
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61262840944
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12628401487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)20168
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2262840,2628414924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2262840,2628412349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22262840,26284161156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81262840353
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)0978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212628403337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212628402562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O2262840,262841652


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