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Locality Name:
Interstate 290/Interstate 495 Interchange Road Cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA


mindat Locality ID: 7173
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7173.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Interstate 290/Interstate 495 Interchange Road Cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°21'47"N
Longitude: 71°35'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.363055555556,-71.590555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Ti U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Ti U Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteAutuniteCalciteChabaziteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparGarnetGypsumMarcasiteMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnite
PyriteQuartzRutileScapoliteSpinelTitaniteTourmalineZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chabazite-K  (*)Copper  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meionite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Natrolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O0310
Chabazite-K  (*)Chabazite(K2NaCa0.5)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O030
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)0176
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939


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