Type locality (geology)

<h2 id="examples-of-geological-type-localities">Examples of geological type localities</h2>
<h3>Rocks and minerals</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Aragonite/QGcD3SLs">Aragonite</a>: <a href="/facts/Molina_de_Arag%25C3%25B3n/AJ8vkztK">Molina de Aragón</a>, Guadalajara, Spain</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Autunite/lLW2zEX1">Autunite</a>: <a href="/facts/Autun/kClrjAX6">Autun</a>, France</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Benmoreite/taBH6IX6">Benmoreite</a>: <a href="/facts/Ben_More_(Mull)/37K8gB61">Ben More (Mull)</a>, Scotland<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Blairmorite/T6IKSzeP">Blairmorite</a>: <a href="/facts/Blairmore%2c_Alberta/bCBU1N9E">Blairmore, Alberta</a>, Canada</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Boninite/p61vogzy">Boninite</a>: <a href="/facts/Bonin_Islands/vGNVKnTT">Bonin Islands</a>, Japan<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Comendite/RwjNnNev">Comendite</a>: Comende, <a href="/facts/San_Pietro_Island/c4tRRVd6">San Pietro Island</a>, <a href="/facts/Sardinia/7GGJNHCx">Sardinia</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Cummingtonite/YLxAJwwg">Cummingtonite</a>: <a href="/facts/Cummington%2c_Massachusetts/gLp8Cn5o">Cummington, Massachusetts</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Dunite/W8ECQonU">Dunite</a>: <a href="/facts/Dun_Mountain/4BYIgetv">Dun Mountain</a>, New Zealand<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Essexite/x7mL43GH">Essexite</a>: <a href="/facts/Essex_County%2c_Massachusetts/gku5HCdA">Essex County, Massachusetts</a>, US<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fayalite/UaPIeQRs">Fayalite</a>: Horta, <a href="/facts/Fayal_Island/9g9Sqqas">Fayal Island</a>, Azores, Portugal</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Harzburgite/WtEN1q6n">Harzburgite</a>: <a href="/facts/Bad_Harzburg/b5519EP7">Bad Harzburg</a>, Germany</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Icelandite/AsIAADF1">Icelandite</a>: Thingmuli (Þingmúli), Iceland<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ijolite/upc1mIYK">Ijolite</a>: Iivaara, <a href="/facts/Kuusamo/EjE8g2eB">Kuusamo</a>, Finland<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Kimberlite/y56KRjuR">Kimberlite</a>: <a href="/facts/Kimberley%2c_Northern_Cape/YMyrwKlV">Kimberley, Northern Cape</a>, South Africa</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Komatiite/haEtqNaG">Komatiite</a>: <a href="/facts/Komati_River/rMy9PXBP">Komati River</a>, South Africa<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Labradorite/PyDfR62q">Labradorite</a>: <a href="/facts/Paul%2527s_Island/NcqswkTb">Paul's Island</a>, Labrador, Canada</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Lherzolite/xJ71x6GA">Lherzolite</a>: <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589tang_de_Lers/reg0bTJ3">Étang de Lers</a>, France (Old spelling was: Étang de Lherz.)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mimetite/yShTWbqI">Mimetite</a>: Treue Freundschaft Mine, <a href="/facts/Johanngeorgenstadt/blB13Ipu">Johanngeorgenstadt</a>, Germany</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mugearite/00K9IqNF">Mugearite</a>: <a href="/facts/Mugeary/FPKwSRVY">Mugeary</a>, Skye, Scotland</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mullite/BXhyUN8z">Mullite</a>: <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Mull/wKPBrFlE">Isle of Mull</a>, Scotland]</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Pantellerite/ql0RuDIS">Pantellerite</a>: <a href="/facts/Pantelleria/6CeeC3gN">Pantelleria</a>, off Sicily<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Portlandite/vAo4Y3St">Portlandite</a>: <a href="/facts/Scawt_Hill/t8WYUvJp">Scawt Hill</a>, Ballygalley, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Rodingite/bR12gspY">Rodingite</a>: <a href="/facts/Roding_River/6RyBTejF">Roding River</a>, New Zealand</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sovite/WBUbgCSP">Sovite</a>: <a href="/facts/Norsj%25C3%25B8/CKDg2huV">Norsjø</a>, Norway<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Strontianite/wXCyHRNf">Strontianite</a>: <a href="/facts/Strontian/nf9CIPp2">Strontian</a>, Scotland (also the element <a href="/facts/Strontium/ABaA5qQK">strontium</a> derived from the mineral)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Temagamite/guAMtR5n">Temagamite</a>: <a href="/facts/Copperfields_Mine/m0BEfYnC">Copperfields Mine</a>, <a href="/facts/Temagami/xm2aotSJ">Temagami</a>, Ontario, Canada</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tilleyite/dhRT6Hoo">Tilleyite</a>: <a href="/facts/Crestmore_Heights%2c_California/v5yx6Blq">Crestmore Quarry</a>, Riverside County, California<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tonalite/A4dSV02H">Tonalite</a>: <a href="/facts/Tonale_Pass/uzRl033F">Tonale Pass</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Trondhjemite/jQthAzR0">Trondhjemite</a>: Follstad, <a href="/facts/St%25C3%25B8ren/U3ptK8Ks">Støren</a>, Norway<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Uraninite/EsEwMErJ">Uraninite</a>: Joachimsthal, <a href="/facts/Austria-Hungary/9WPUPj0W">Austria-Hungary</a> (now <a href="/facts/J%25C3%25A1chymov/G2a4pC7j">Jáchymov</a>, Czech Republic)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Websterite/0e9HhMS8">Websterite</a>: <a href="/facts/Webster%2c_North_Carolina/Tob5gw18">Webster</a> in North Carolina.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Widgiemoolthalite/3XPQLhpo">Widgiemoolthalite</a>: <a href="/facts/Widgiemooltha%2c_Western_Australia/bELtTtYX">Widgiemooltha, Western Australia</a>, Australia</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ytterbite/kahQI57c">Ytterbite</a> (a.k.a. gadolinite): <a href="/facts/Ytterby/6CaEoUjc">Ytterby</a>, Sweden<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a></li></ul>
<h3>Formations</h3>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Bearpaw_Formation/ycaYRfIq">Bearpaw Formation</a>: <a href="/facts/Bear_Paw_Mountains/hXvqA0vk">Bear Paw Mountains</a>, Montana, US</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Burgess_Shale/4NX5HqIM">Burgess Shale</a>: Burgess Pass on <a href="/facts/Mount_Burgess/kbGIhTKn">Mount Burgess</a>, Alberta–British Columbia, Canada</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Calvert_Formation/8Phkr7hv">Calvert Formation</a>: <a href="/facts/Calvert_Cliffs_State_Park/ARsVa8jC">Calvert Cliffs State Park</a>, Maryland, US</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Chapel_Island_Formation/HLp2PS4F">Chapel Island Formation</a>: Newfoundland, Canada</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Chattanooga_Shale/v78vzMXV">Chattanooga Shale</a>: <a href="/facts/Chattanooga%2c_Tennessee/9EscbI6c">Chattanooga, Tennessee</a>, US</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Chazy_Formation/P9GYJQt0">Chazy Formation</a>: <a href="/facts/Chazy%2c_New_York/PYHAlFDw">Chazy, New York</a>, US</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fort_Payne_Formation/rG0WY36t">Fort Payne Formation</a>: <a href="/facts/Fort_Payne%2c_Alabama/xUMCYn3h">Fort Payne, Alabama</a>, US</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Gault_Formation/hfFVINNU">Gault Formation</a>: Copt Point, <a href="/facts/Folkestone/2vsAEdvm">Folkestone</a>, UK</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Holston_Formation/uSFbDNIV">Holston Formation</a>: <a href="/facts/Holston_River/C2cesxIl">Holston River</a>, Tennessee, US</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Jacobsville_Sandstone/6hmkxCVe">Jacobsville Sandstone</a>: <a href="/facts/Jacobsville%2c_Michigan/47R8aycG">Jacobsville, Michigan</a>, US</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ogallala_Formation/xbuvMSLH">Ogallala Formation</a>: <a href="/facts/High_Plains_(United_States)/xwlhDJoJ">High Plains</a>, US</li>
<li><a href="/facts/St._Louis_Limestone/c62Hmf8W">St. Louis Limestone</a>: <a href="/facts/St._Louis%2c_Missouri/22beLecX">St. Louis, Missouri</a>, US</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ste._Genevieve_Limestone/lWvvS5nY">Ste. Genevieve Limestone</a>: <a href="/facts/Ste._Genevieve%2c_Missouri/L5R4144G">Ste. Genevieve, Missouri</a>, US</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Temple_Butte_Formation/ytpyIDC0">Temple Butte Formation</a>: <a href="/facts/Temple_Butte/T1msHpeQ">Temple Butte</a>, Grand Canyon, US<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Upper_Greensand_Formation/Sx48ewYx">Upper Greensand Formation</a>: <a href="/facts/Weald/E3UNqrGu">Weald</a>, <a href="/facts/Sussex/8oev4Jwv">Sussex</a>, <a href="/facts/Hampshire/omDltCzr">Hampshire</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Waulsortian_mudmound/cXuH1HXr">Waulsortian mudmound</a>: <a href="/facts/Waulsort/Vj86ATCM">Waulsort</a>, Namur, Belgium</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Global_Boundary_Stratotype_Section_and_Point/B6NDa75W">Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Type_specimen/mTM1beKX">Type specimen</a> (biology)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Type_specimen_(mineralogy)/XMYf2tSg">Type specimen (mineralogy)</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
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<li id="fn:7">State Geologist, Vermont (1918). Report of the State Geologist, Volume 11. p. 191. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=H202AQAAMAAJ&q=%22type+locality%22+essexite+essex" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=H202AQAAMAAJ&q=%22type+locality%22+essexite+essex</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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<li id="fn:14">Larsen, Esper S.; Dunham, Kingsley C. (Nov 1933). "Tilleyite, a new mineral from the contact zone at Crestmore, California". American Mineralogist. 18 (11): 469–473. Retrieved 6 June 2023. <a href="https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article/18/11/469/536735/Tilleyite-a-new-mineral-from-the-contact-zone-at" target="_blank">https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article/18/11/469/536735/Tilleyite-a-new-mineral-from-the-contact-zone-at</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">Dunning G. R. & Grenne T. (2000). "U-Pb age dating and paleotectonic significance of trondhjemite from the type locality in the Central Norwegian Caledonides" (PDF). Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse Bulletin. 437: 57–65. <a href="http://www.ngu.no/upload/Publikasjoner/Bulletin/Bulletin437_57-65.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ngu.no/upload/Publikasjoner/Bulletin/Bulletin437_57-65.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">Rogers, Nick; Stephen Blake; Kevin Burton; Mike Widdowson; Ian Parkinson; Nigel Harris (2008). An introduction to our dynamic planet (Co-published ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0521494243. <a href="978-0521494243" target="_blank">978-0521494243</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:17">Senning, Alexander (2019). The Etymology of Chemical Names: Tradition and Convenience vs. Rationality in Chemical Nomenclature. Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 391. ISBN 978-3-11-061271-4. <a href="978-3-11-061271-4" target="_blank">978-3-11-061271-4</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:18">"Temple Butte Limestone, USGS". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2009-10-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130927062124/http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/coloradoplateau/lexicon/templebutte.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130927062124/http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/coloradoplateau/lexicon/templebutte.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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