Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 186281
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186281.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dixonville
Shelocta

Latitude: 40°42'58"N
Longitude: 79°'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.716111111111,-79.006388888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Forsterite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Garnet Mica None Olivine Pyrite
Pyroxene Sphalerite Spinel Wollastonite Wurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	262923	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	262922	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	262923	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	262922	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	262922	1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	262922	5433
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	262922	153
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	262922	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	262922	341
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	262923	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	262922	1934
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	262922	1247
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	262923	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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