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Locality Name:
York, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA


mindat Locality ID: 22897
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22897.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "York, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
York Building Supply Quarry (Roosevelt Avenue Quarry; Roosevelt Quarry; York Stone Quarry; Delta Carbonate Quarry)

Latitude: 39°43'40"N
Longitude: 76°19'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.727777777778,-76.3275
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 Fe H Mg O S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleBaryteCalciteCopperGarnetNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSphalerite
Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lechatelierite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126335427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12633541252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Lechatelierite  (*)AmorphousSiO2062
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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