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Type locality (geology)

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Type locality, also called type area, type site or type section, is the locality where a particular rock type, stratigraphic unit or mineral species is first identified.

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The term is similar to the term type site in archaeology or the term type specimen in biology.

Rocks and minerals

  • Aragonite: Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Spain
  • Autunite: Autun, France
  • Benmoreite: Ben More (Mull), Scotland
  • Blairmorite: Blairmore, Alberta, Canada
  • Boninite: Bonin Islands, Japan
  • Comendite: Comende, San Pietro Island, Sardinia
  • Coyoteite: Coyote Peak near Orick, California, USA
  • Cummingtonite: Cummington, Massachusetts
  • Dunite: Dun Mountain, New Zealand.
  • Essexite: Essex County, Massachusetts, US
  • Fayalite: Horta, Fayal Island, Azores, Portugal
  • Harzburgite: Bad Harzburg, Germany
  • Hilairite: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
  • Icelandite: Thingmuli (Þingmúli), Iceland
  • Ijolite: Livaara, Kuusamo, Finland
  • Kimberlite: Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
  • Komatiite: Komati River, South Africa
  • Labradorite: Paul's Island, Labrador, Canada
  • Lherzolite: Étang de Lers, France (Old spelling was: Étang de Lherz).
  • Mimetite: Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Germany
  • Mugearite: Mugeary, Skye, Scotland
  • Mullite: Isle of Mull, Scotland
  • Pantellerite: Pantelleria, off Sicily
  • Portlandite: Scawt Hill, Ballygalley, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • Rodingite: Roding River, New Zealand.
  • Sabugalite: Sabugal, Guarda District, Portugal
  • Sovite: Norsjø, Norway
  • Strontianite: Strontian, Scotland (also the element strontium derived from the mineral)
  • Temagamite: Temagami, Ontario, Canada
  • Tonalite: Tonale Pass
  • Trondhjemite: Follstad, Støren, Norway
  • Tyuyamunite: Tyuya-Muyun, Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan
  • Uraninite: Joachimsthal, Austria-Hungary (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic)
  • Websterite: Webster in North Carolina.
  • Widgiemoolthalite: Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia

    • Formations and structures

  • Bearpaw Formation: Bear Paw Mountains, Montana, USA
  • Burgess Shale: Burgess Pass on Mount Burgess, Alberta-BC, Canada
  • Caldera: Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
  • Calvert Formation: Calvert Cliffs State Park, Maryland, USA
  • Chapel Island Formation: Chapel Island, Newfoundland, Canada
  • Chattanooga Shale: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
  • Chazy Formation: Chazy, New York, USA
  • Coon Creek Formation: Coon Creek, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA
  • Fort Payne Formation: Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
  • Jacobsville Sandstone: Jacobsville, Michigan, USA
  • Holston Formation: Holston River, Tennessee, USA
  • St. Louis Limestone: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Ste. Genevieve Limestone: Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, USA
  • Temple Butte Limestone: Temple Butte, Grand Canyon, USA

    • References

    Type locality (geology) Wikipedia
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