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Locality Name:
Perry Township, Snyder Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 228893
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228893.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perry Township, Snyder Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mount Pleasant Mills

Latitude: 40°43'44"N
Longitude: 77°1'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.728888888889,-77.023888888889
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H O P S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteFluoriteNoneQuartzTurquoiseWavellite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Fluorite  (*)Planerite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Strontianite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)Vauxite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1263292280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126329227770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12632921252
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212632929617
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O126329243
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126329261156
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1263292589
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1263292484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1263292301
Vauxite  (*)NoneFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O12632927
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1263292374


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