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Goethite from
Mud Lake - Grubb Lake, West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Lake
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hematite2
Limonite2
Lepidocrocite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mud Lake - Grubb Lake, West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:240650
Long-form Identifier:1:3:240650:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
9.6km (6.0 miles) Binkley-Ober Quarry, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
24.4km (15.2 miles) Codorus Stone & Supply Co. Quarry, Emigsville, East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
31.5km (19.6 miles) Burkholder Quarry, Martindale, Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) Noble's Mine, Gap, Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
52.7km (32.8 miles) Hope Ore Bank, Harford County, Maryland, USA
53.2km (33.1 miles) Oxford Area, East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
54.2km (33.7 miles) White Rock Acres, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
55.2km (34.3 miles) Vulcan Hanover Quarry, Oxford Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) Reading Ore Banks, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
56.6km (35.1 miles) Unnamed Calcite occurrence, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
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