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Locality Name:
Littleton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA


mindat Locality ID: 219916
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219916.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Littleton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Aggregate Industries Quarry (San-Val Quarry)
Fort Pond Locality
Old Lime Quarries

Latitude: 42°32'5"N
Longitude: 71°31'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.534722222222,-71.525
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMarcasite
MicaMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelTitanite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Graphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212196162162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12196169052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2219616,21961827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121961627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12196163531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12196181025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62219617,2196184135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212196189895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12196168173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2219616,21961824243
Graphite  (*)NoneC12196182812
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121961612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212196185674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12196164924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS12196161066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22219616,21961817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22219616,21961839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23219616,219617,21961861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212196165614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512196181516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121961621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42219617,2196181934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3219616,219617,2196184899


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