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


mindat Locality ID: 213400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adams, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Adams Marble Quarry
Bellows Pipe "Gold" Mine
Dean "Gold" Mine
Georgia Lime-Marble Quarry
Gould Brook Placer Gold Locality
Hematite-breccia Locality
Lime-Marble Quarry #1
Lime-Marble Quarry #2
Lime-Marble Quarry #3
Little Egypt Lead Mine
Little Eygpt Lead Prospect
Mount Greylock
NE Mine Co. Quarry
Specialty Minerals Mine (Pfizer Quarry; New England Lime Quarry; Follet Quarry; Adams Lime Quarry)
Thiel Farm "Gold" Mine

Latitude: 42°38'30"N
Longitude: 73°7'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.641666666667,-73.119166666667
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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteCalciteChloritoidClayCopperCorundumFeldsparMicaMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinelTalc

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12190888803
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22219086,219087718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2219080,2190913250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4219077,219080,219090,21909127770
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21219088376
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22219088,2190919895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121908024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu121908130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2219086,2190872812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32219082,21909114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121908114899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212190865800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23219077,219088,21909117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24219079,219080,219090,21909139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23219077,219082,21908861156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22219080,2190913337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212190912562


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