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


mindat Locality ID: 16135
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16135.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lincoln, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Arnold Lime Quarry
Lime Rock
Manville
Old River Road Quarry
Route 146 Road Cuts

Latitude: 41°54'53"N
Longitude: 71°25'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.914722222222,-71.429722222222
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 B C Ca 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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteApophylliteAragoniteAxiniteBrauniteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGarnet
GypsumHeulanditeKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitaniteTourmalineZircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Azurite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)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)23263533,263534,2635373419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2263533,2635398803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312635332353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23263533,263534,2635392162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312635331534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22263533,2635343092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)45263531,263533,263534,263535,263537708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12635333250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61263533919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)22263533,263538260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22263533,2635345509
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1263533483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7263531,263533,263534,263535,263537,263538,26353927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23263533,263535,26353927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12635333531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)85263533,263534,263535,263537,2635381756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12635391025
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1263533498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62263531,2635334135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23263533,263534,2635359895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2263533,263534648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3263533,263534,2635378173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O2263533,263539345
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21263533271
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O1263533303
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12635331188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4263533,263534,263535,26353924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4263533,263534,263535,2635397437
Graphite  (*)NoneC2263533,2635342812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312635331544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12635336890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3126353314640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O1263533246
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1263533341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32263533,2635395433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612635332228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42263533,2635345591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1263533581
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)22263533,263534238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12635331487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44263533,263534,263535,26353714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24263533,263534,263535,26353912537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1263533770
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12635334924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23263533,263535,2635395800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1263533945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12635331508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23263533,263534,26353917380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1263533471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12635332994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3263533,263534,2635392349
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1263539494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212635331898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24263533,263534,263535,26353939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212635333106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12635331725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812635339056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25263533,263534,263535,263538,26353961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2263533,2635341711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2263533,263534969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22263533,2635345614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12635334894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2263533,2635382705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O2263533,263534390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2263533,2635346417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2263533,26353421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)25263533,263534,263535,263537,2635383337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2263533,2635344899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23263531,263533,2635342562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12635335251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12635331025


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