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Locality Name:
Windsor, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 15800
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15800.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windsor, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Beuman Road Chloritoid Locality
Chamberlain Copper Prospect (Windsor "Gold" Mine)
Height Of Land Garnet Locality
Northampton Talc Company Mine
River Road Rutile Locality
River Road Talc Prospect
Windsor Brook Placer Gold Locality
Windsor Bush Copper Prospect #1
Windsor Bush Copper Prospect #2
Windsor Bush Copper Prospect #3
Windsor Bush Copper Prospect #4
Windsor Placer "Gold Mine"

Latitude: 42°29'24"N
Longitude: 73°1'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.49,-73.031666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diopside ()*	Gold ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr F Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Copper Feldspar Garnet Humite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite Talc

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	219236,219238	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	219235	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	219233,219235	2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	219236	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	219234,219236,219240,219241,219242,219243	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2	219233,219235	376
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	0		285
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	219234,219239,219244	30554
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	219236,219239,219242,219244	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	219235	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	219233,219235	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	219233,219235	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	219234,219236,219238,219240,219241,219242,219243	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	219233,219237	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	219237	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	219233	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	219236,219238	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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