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Locality Name:
Franklin Co., Vermont, USA


mindat Locality ID: 18569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Franklin Co., Vermont, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bakersfield
Berkshire
Enosburgh
Fairfield
Highgate
Richford
Swanton

Latitude: 44°55'37"N
Longitude: 72°59'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.926944444444,-72.988055555556
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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMalachite
MelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
SpinelStilpnomelaneTalcTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Winchite  (*)
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)212790253419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5279012,279014,279019,279023,2790258803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212790155509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412790155516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127901427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127901527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412790253902
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212790279895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2279014,2790198173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127902124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2279016,27902130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32279014,27901914640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42279012,27902514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127901512537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1279015915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23279012,279015,27902517380
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O1279027306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23279012,279015,27902139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812790159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24279012,279015,279019,27902361156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1279014969
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O0456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212790253337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312790215317
Winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2051


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