Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Leverett, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 130599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leverett, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
East Mine
North Leverett Lead Mine (Upper Leverett Mine; Field Mine)
South Leverett Lead Mine (White Rock Quarry)

Latitude: 42°27'7"N
Longitude: 72°30'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.451944444444,-72.501944444444

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Sulphur

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Ba C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Staurolite Sulphur

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	219439,219440	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	219438,219439,219440	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	219439,219440	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	219438,219439,219440	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	219440	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	219440	2812
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	219439,219440	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	219438	2994
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	219439	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	219439,219440	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	219438,219439,219440	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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