Rock Springs Run, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Rock Springs Run | Placer |
Fulton Township | Township |
Lancaster County | County |
Pennsylvania | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 43' 39'' North , 76° 9' 23'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
107382
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:107382:2
GUID (UUID V4):
3cf2a5b7-1fae-4857-9dae-90144dd0e7a0
Exposures in in vicinity of beds and banks of a small tributary of Rock Springs Run, about 1¼ miles N of Rock Spring, Maryland. Meta-peridotite.
The sands of Rock Springs Run and its branches were extensively explored for placer deposits before 1875 and concentrates were produced from them. These streams drain the Peoples tract southwest of Rock Springs church, Lancaster County, Pa., an area known to contain disseminated chromite deposits.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ 'Chrysolite' |
ⓘ 'Jasper' |
ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Quartz var. Carnelian |
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Quartz var. Moss Agate Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup' Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | var. Moss Agate | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
ⓘ | var. Carnelian | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Jasper' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Chrysolite' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Serpentine Subgroup' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Moss Agate | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Moss Agate | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Laurentides DomainDomain
USA
- State Line Chromite Mining DistrictMining District
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