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Ankerite from
Doan's Lead Mine (New Britain Mine), New Galena, New Britain Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ankerite
Formula:Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Comments:An analysis in published in Gordon's "Mineralogy of Pennsylvania", 1922, has a composition of Ca(Mg0.60Fe0.40)(CO3)2, which is Fe-containing dolomite, and not ankerite.
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ankerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Doan's Lead Mine (New Britain Mine), New Galena, New Britain Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:361261
Long-form Identifier:1:3:361261:3
GUID (UUID V4):79a4f6dd-3503-41f0-9ca4-9541a3b85da0
Nearest other occurrences of Ankerite
31.2km (19.4 miles) Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) Ecton Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) Phoenixville tunnel (Conrail tunnel; Black Rock tunnel), Phoenixville, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
37.5km (23.3 miles) Wheatley Mines, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
38.1km (23.7 miles) Brookdale Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
47.9km (29.8 miles) French Creek Mines, Saint Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
56.7km (35.3 miles) Downington, East Caln Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
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