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Locality Name:
Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 98
Youngest recorded age at locality: 98

mindat Locality ID: 209669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cuttingsville
Round Hill

Latitude: 43°31'15"N
Longitude: 72°54'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.520833333333,-72.909722222222

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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzSodaliteSpinelTitanite
TridymiteWollastoniteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Corundum  (*)Edenite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sodalite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O698982279142,2791451022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O698981279142286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)98982279142,2791458803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)989812791421036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O698982279142,2791462060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)9898127914627770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O98983279142,279145,279146232
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3989812791461797
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)298981279142160
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)98981279146371
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O98981279146345
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)298981279146271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F989812791462740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2989812791469617
Graphite  (*)NoneC989812791442812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)298981279142223
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)298981279145209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O698981279142741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3989812791465433
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O298981279142179
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)29898127914280
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O498984279142,279145,279146,27914714899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)989812791454924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2989812791465800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127914717380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)98983279142,279145,279146884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)989812791462349
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O698981279142303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS298983279145,279146,27914739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S898982279144,2791469056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO298983279142,279146,27914761156
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl98983279142,279145,279146444
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O98982279142,2791464899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2989812791442562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3989812791441247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)98982279142,2791465251



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
AREPS5_257-00032989898        21183Cuttingsville, Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USACuttingsvilleZartman (1977)10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353AREPS5_257 


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