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Locality Name:
Savoy, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA


mindat Locality ID: 206499
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206499.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Savoy, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Black Brook Placer Gold Locality
Chamberlain Talc-Serpentine Locality
Cold River Mineral Locality
Jackson Road Graphite Prospect
Ley Talc Mine

Latitude: 42°34'0"N
Longitude: 73°1'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.566666666667,-73.029166666667
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 B C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
SerpentineSpinelTalcTourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42219207,219210708
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612192094135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12192088173
Gold  (*)CopperAu2219206,21920830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12192092812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312192085433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42219206,21920814899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121920839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812192099056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121920861156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12192082705
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22219207,2192103337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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