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:
Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA

mindat Locality ID: 13525
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13525.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
American Soapstone Finish Company Quarry
Carlton Quarry (Carleton Talc Mine)
Gassetts
Holden Quarry (Davis Quarry)

Latitude: 43°15'0"N
Longitude: 72°37'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.25,-72.624722222222

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	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Staurolite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chesterite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinojimthompsonite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jimthompsonite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 B C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel
Staurolite Talc Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

37 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	4	279234,279235,279237,279238	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	279235	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	279236	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	279235	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279235	718
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	279235,279237	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	279235	27198
Chesterite ()*	None	Mg₁₇Si₂₀O₅₄(OH)₆	1	279235	9
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	279235	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	279235	1756
Clinojimthompsonite ()*	None	Mg₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂	1	279235	4
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	279235	1025
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279235	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	279237	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	279235	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	279238	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	279235	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279235	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	279235	2740
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	279235	5433
Jimthompsonite ()*	None	Mg₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂	1	279235	10
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	279236,279237	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	279235	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	279235,279236	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	279236,279237	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	279237	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	279235,279237	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	279235	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	279235,279236,279237	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	279235,279236	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	279235	2705
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	279235	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	279236,279237	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	279234,279235,279238	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	279237	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	279236	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	279235	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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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