Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 156392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156392.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
East Millsboro
Gates
Masontown
Point Marion
West Masontown

Latitude: 39°53'21"N
Longitude: 79°54'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.889166666667,-79.910555555556

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.

Auricupride	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel
Zircon

Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*
Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Priderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na O P Pt S Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Mg Na O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Brookite Calcite Clay Coronadite Corundum Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Iron
Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel
Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	262887	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	262887	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	262891	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	262891	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	262889	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5	262887,262891,262893,262894,262896	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	262887	1089
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	1	262891	128
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	262891	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	262887,262891,262893,262894	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	262887	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	262887,262893,262894,262896	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	262887,262893,262894,262896	2349
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	262891	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	262891	2273
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆	1	262891	41
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	262887,262891,262894,262896	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	262891	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	262887,262893,262894,262896	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	262887,262891,262894	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	262896	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	262891	1934
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	262887	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	262887,262893,262894,262896	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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