Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA

mindat Locality ID: 29465
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29465.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Brandywine Quarry (Hubbard Quarry)
Dickson's Quarry (Dixon's Quarry)
Petrillo Quarry (Shellpot Quarry)
Route Interstate 95 At 7th Street
Woodlawn Quarry

Latitude: 39°46'38"N
Longitude: 75°33'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.777222222222,-75.565555555556

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Tourmaline

Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*

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 B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Tourmaline

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	199392,199395	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	199391	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	199391,199394	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	199391	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	199391	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	199392	951
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	199391,199392	2740
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	199392	1544
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	199391	144
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	199392	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	199391	1271
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	199392	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	199391	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	199391	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	199395	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	199395	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	199391	1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	199391	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	199391	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	199391	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	199391,199393,199394,199395	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	199392	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	199392	1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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