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Locality Name:
Hunting Hill Quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry; Aggregate Industries Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA


mindat Locality ID: 5755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hunting Hill Quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry; Aggregate Industries Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°5'0"N
Longitude: 77°9'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.083333333333,-77.15

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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBrochantiteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetHydrotalciteMalachiteMilleriteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
SerpentineSpinelTalcTitaniteTochiliniteTourmalineVesuvianite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Coalingite  (*)Desautelsite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Huntite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mcguinnessite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nimite  (*)Omphacite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pokrovskite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tochilinite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
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
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Coalingite  (*)HydrotalciteMg10Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)24·2H2O027
Desautelsite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Mn3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O09
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)4069
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)2034
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Nimite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Ni,Mg,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8015
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O60229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20313
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pokrovskite  (*)MalachiteMg2(CO3)(OH)209
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]056
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)20109
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110197Hunting Hill Quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry; Aggregate Industries Quarry), Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110197


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