Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bennington Co., Vermont, USA

mindat Locality ID: 29447
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29447.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bennington Co., Vermont, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bennington
Dorset
Manchester
Peru
Pownal
Woodford

Latitude: 43°2'4"N
Longitude: 73°3'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.034444444444,-73.066388888889

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	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*
Talc ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Talc

16 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	1	278975	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	278968	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	278967,278975	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	278977	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	278967	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	278967,278975	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	278968	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	278977	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	278967	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	278967,278977	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	278967,278975	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	278967,278968,278971,278977	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	278967	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	278967	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	278967	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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