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


mindat Locality ID: 185696
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185696.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glocester, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chepachet
Durfee Hill Gold Mine

Latitude: 41°54'53"N
Longitude: 71°40'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.914722222222,-71.671388888889
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 Au Be C Ca Fe H Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Gold  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812635144286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126351527770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2263514,2635158173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1263515345
Gold  (*)CopperAu126351530554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212635155800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31263515140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126351539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812635159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126351561156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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