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Locality Name:
Cumberland, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 238
Youngest recorded age at locality: 222

mindat Locality ID: 15048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cumberland, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Ashton
Beacon Pole Hill Quarry
Berkeley
Cumberland Hill
Diamond Hill
Diamond Hill Granite Company Quarry (Catamint Hill Quarry; Calumet Hill Quarry)
Diamond Hill Reservoir
Grants Mills
Highland Commercial Drive
Housing Development In Staples Road
Iron Mine Hill Quarry
Manville Quarry (Riverview Quarry; CQC Quarry; Forte Brothers Quarry; Todesca Quarry)
Maple Ridge Drive
McLaughlin's Ledge
Scott Road Manganese Prospects
Sneech Pond Copper Mines (Copper Mine Hill)
Staples Road
Staples Road Manganese Bed
Stephens Ledge
Valley Falls
Wrightman's Ledge
Zoisite Locality

Latitude: 41°59'14"N
Longitude: 71°26'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.987222222222,-71.441111111111
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 As B Ba Be C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenopyriteAstrophylliteAxiniteBaryte
BerylBrauniteBrookiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHarmotome
IlvaiteKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivineParisitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSepioliteSerpentineSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitaniteTourmaline
VesuvianiteWurtziteZircon

93 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Danalite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Genthelvite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pargasite  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)27263466,263469,263476,263478,263479,263483,2634853419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O62382222263467,2634751022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12634698803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312634672353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22382223263466,263470,2634752162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312634831534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)223822212634753092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12634781036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42263478,263483708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12634693250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)21263467295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3263467,263471,2634739052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F2382223263467,263473,263475161
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62263470,2634802060
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)21263479260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22382222263475,2634835509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)126347111547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183263467,263470,2634834286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42263481,2634835516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)2263470,263485483
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO22382222263466,263475700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2382227263469,263470,263474,263475,263479,263480,26348327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12634835707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22382225263469,263470,263475,263481,26348327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O23822212634753531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42382220951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82382225263466,263475,263478,263480,2634831756
Copper  (*)CopperCu23822212634753846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812634701008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12634834165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161263485599
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S238222126347558
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612634834135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212634839895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)6263469,263470,263478,263480,263483,2634858173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1263483345
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)21263483129
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21263483271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2382223263471,263475,2634792740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O1263479303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22382229263467,263469,263471,263474,263475,263479,263481,263483,2634849617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12634781188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2382226263471,263475,263481,263483,263486,26349024243
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S2382223263475,263477,26348460
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2382224263466,263471,263472,2634757437
Graphite  (*)NoneC2263488,2634892812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2382221263475717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312634831544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3263470,263483,2634856890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O1263479290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32382228263466,263470,263471,263472,263475,263483,263488,26348914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O34263466,263470,263472,2634785433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)2263478,263485197
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412634785591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12634741271
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1263472581
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)28263467,263471,263473,263478,263479,263480,263481,263483238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45263470,263473,263476,263478,26348314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22263481,26348312537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1263485770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212634665674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1263469915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23263478,263481,2634835800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1263466945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126346617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2382225263467,263473,263475,263478,2634832994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2263471,2634832349
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21263478313
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F22382221263475112
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)223822202273
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2382220260
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212634791898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS223822210263466,263469,263471,263474,263475,263479,263481,263483,263485,26348839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22382222263475,2634783106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12634831725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S823822212634759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO223822220263466,263467,263469,263470,263471,263472,263473,263474,263475,263476,263478,263479,263481,263483,263484,263485,263486,263487,263490,26349161156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)3263470,263482,263485969
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)22382223263467,263473,263475375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22263466,2634705614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12634834894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3263469,263470,2634832705
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O2382220241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2382223263470,263475,2634786417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)23822212634752473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2382224263475,263481,263483,26348621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412634781934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22263470,2634783337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2263479,2634834899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22382226263467,263475,263479,263481,263483,2634862562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1023822201395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2382223263467,263470,2634755251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3263470,263471,2634911025


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Alexandra-0414238222230 ± 8K-ArAge of granitebiotite     6716Grants Mills, Cumberland, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USAEsmond GraniteZartman et al. (1970)10.1130/0016-7606(1970)81[3359:APDOKR]2.0.CO;2GSAB81_3359 

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