Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry), Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 9693
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9693.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry), Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°43'39"N
Longitude: 76°8'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.7275,-76.1375

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.

Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Brucite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Coalingite ()*	Desautelsite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mcguinnessite ()*	Nakauriite ()*	Pokrovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Feldspar Hydrotalcite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	280
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O	27
Desautelsite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Mn³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	9
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	341
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂	34
Nakauriite ()*	None	Cu₈(SO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₆·48H₂O	12
Pokrovskite ()*	Malachite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	9
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	89
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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