Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7211
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7211.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Barber's Quarry
Clark's Quarry
Hoffman's Quarry (Hoffmans Quarry)
Horrock's Quarry
Peter's Quarry
Quarry On Frankford Creek (unnamed)
Torbernite Locality
William's Quarry

Latitude: 40°0'0"N
Longitude: 75°4'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40,-75.074444444444

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel
Titanite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si Ti U W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Spinel
Titanite Tourmaline

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	263240,263243,263245	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	263240	2353
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	263240,263241,263244	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	263240,263244,263245	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	263241	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	263240,263241,263244	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	263240,263241,263244	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	263240	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	263240,263241,263244,263245,263247	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	263240,263244,263247	9617
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	263240,263247	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	263240,263241	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	263240,263241,263243,263245	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	263240,263241,263245	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	263240	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	263240,263244	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	3	263240,263241,263247	363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	263240,263245	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	263240,263247	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	263242	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	263240,263245	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	263243	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	263240,263245	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	263246	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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