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Locality Name:
Jones Mine, Morgantown, Caernarvon Township, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 5710
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5710.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jones Mine, Morgantown, Caernarvon Township, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°10'20"N
Longitude: 75°50'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.172222222222,-75.848888888889
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopper
GarnetGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSpinelTalc

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Talc  (*)
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)203419
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337


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