Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Windsor Co., Vermont, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 120
Youngest recorded age at locality: 120

mindat Locality ID: 17241
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17241.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windsor Co., Vermont, USA": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Ascutney Mountain Complex
Bethel
Bridgewater
Cavendish
Chester
Hartford
Hinchman Prospect
Ludlow
Norwich
Plymouth
Reading
Rochester
Sharon
Springfield
Stockbridge
Weathersfield
Weston
Woodstock

Latitude: 43°33'16"N
Longitude: 72°32'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.554444444444,-72.5425

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

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 As Au B Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Talc Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

74 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Annite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chesterite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinojimthompsonite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Edenite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jimthompsonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paragonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Tin ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wonesite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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			10	279234,279235,279237,279238,279242,279248,279265,279274,279275,279277	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	120	120	7	279223,279235,279244,279248,279250,279256,279265	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	279236	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	279224	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	120	120	1	279223	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			4	279224,279235,279248,279265	3092
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	120	120	1	279223	356
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			4	279235,279248,279250,279252	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	279242,279244,279265	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	279269,279270	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	120	120	1	279223	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	279269	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	279265	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	279252	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	120	120	10	279223,279235,279237,279246,279250,279264,279265,279269,279274,279277	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	279230,279235,279240,279241,279271	27198
Chesterite ()*	None	Mg₁₇Si₂₀O₅₄(OH)₆			1	279235	9
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			2	279256,279259	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	279235,279242	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	279235,279241	1756
Clinojimthompsonite ()*	None	Mg₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂			1	279235	4
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	279235,279275	1025
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	120	120	3	279223,279248,279250	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	120	120	1	279223	1797
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	279235,279250	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	279237,279246	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			8	279224,279228,279235,279250,279252,279265,279269,279277	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	279251	648
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	120	120	1	279223	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	279238	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	120	120	5	279223,279225,279231,279235,279250	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	120	120	1	279223	371
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	120	120	1	279223	57
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	279235	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	279235,279248	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	279244	1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	279230	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	279230,279252	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			2	279248,279250	178
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			7	279229,279230,279240,279247,279253,279255,279258	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	279248,279265	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	279252,279274	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	120	120	6	279223,279226,279235,279248,279250,279274	5433
Jimthompsonite ()*	None	Mg₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂			1	279235	10
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	279252	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			4	279236,279237,279248,279267	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			4	279235,279241,279242,279265	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	120	120	12	279223,279225,279228,279233,279235,279236,279239,279241,279242,279248,279252,279265	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	279252	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	120	120	1	279223	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	279232	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	120	120	5	279223,279236,279237,279244,279256	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	120	120	2	279223,279275	2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	279237	247
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	120	120	3	279223,279248,279250	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	120	120	11	279223,279230,279235,279237,279239,279246,279265,279268,279269,279273,279274	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			4	279235,279239,279265,279274	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	120	120	16	279223,279228,279235,279236,279237,279239,279242,279244,279248,279250,279251,279253,279256,279264,279269,279274	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	279231	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			7	279225,279226,279235,279236,279248,279250,279264	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	279228,279235	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	279252,279253	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	279228	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	279239	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	279230	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	120	120	3	279223,279228,279235	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			4	279231,279236,279237,279250	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			15	279234,279235,279238,279241,279242,279244,279246,279248,279250,279252,279262,279265,279271,279274,279277	3337
Tin ()*	None	Sn			1	279255	63
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	120	120	3	279223,279225,279237	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	279231,279274	2562
Wonesite ()*	Mica Clay	(Na,K, )(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH,F)₄			2	279248,279250	4
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	120	120	3	279223,279231,279236	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	279225,279235,279248	1025

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_257-00023	120	120	120											144097	Ascutney Mountain Complex, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA	Mount Ascutney	Zartman (1977)	10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353	AREPS5_257

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-101	Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-101-to-fkm-125/#FKM-101

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