Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Iron Springs, Adams Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 233600
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233600.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Springs, Adams Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pine Mountain

Latitude: 39°45'22"N
Longitude: 77°26'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.756111111111,-77.447222222222

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.

Copper	Epidote	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group

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: Ag Al C Ca Cu H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Epidote Malachite None Not in a structural group

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Copper ()*	Malachite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	262470	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	262470	5707
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	262470	3846
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	262470	12537
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	262470	260
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	262470	5186

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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