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Locality Name:
Strafford, Orange Co., Vermont, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 500

mindat Locality ID: 209668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Strafford, Orange Co., Vermont, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
South Strafford

Latitude: 43°49'24"N
Longitude: 72°19'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.823333333333,-72.331944444444

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 C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCubaniteDiaspore
FeldsparHalotrichiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteStarkeyiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineValleriiteVesuvianiteWurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)
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)250050012790723419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)50050012790728803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS50050012790729052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)500500127907227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25005002279072,27907327198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS5005001279072966
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S35005001279072802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)250050012790729895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)5005001279072648
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F50050012790722740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS500500127907224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)50050007437
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O5005001279072409
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)650050012790722228
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO450050012790721507
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O5005001279072915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS250050012790725800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2500500127907217380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)250050012790722273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2500500127907239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85005002279072,2790739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2500500127907261156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O5005001279072293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO250050012790725614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS500500127907221482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1350050012790721803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1350050012790725317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O50050012790724899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)250050012790722562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]5005001279072237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1050050012790721395



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
vms-01077500500Early Devonian       S17253Elizabeth Mine, South Strafford, Strafford, Orange Co., Vermont, USAElizabethMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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