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:
Copperas Hill Railroad Cut, Copperas Hill, Cuttingsville, Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 98
Youngest recorded age at locality: 98

mindat Locality ID: 22479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22479.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copperas Hill Railroad Cut, Copperas Hill, Cuttingsville, Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite

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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Feldspar None Pyrite Pyroxene Sodalite Spinel Tridymite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sodalite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	98	98	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	98	98	8803
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	98	98	232
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	98	98	209
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	98	98	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	98	98	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	98	98	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	98	98	39462
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	98	98	444

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	AREPS5_257-00032	98	98	98							Yes				21183	Cuttingsville, Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USA	Cuttingsville	Zartman (1977)	10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353	AREPS5_257

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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