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Locality Name:
Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA


mindat Locality ID: 22359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aggregate Industries Quarry (Wrentham Quarry; Simeone Quarry)
Lorusso Wrentham Quarry
Sheldonville Gold Mine (Wrentham Gold Mine)
West Wrentham

Latitude: 42°2'45"N
Longitude: 71°21'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.045833333333,-71.364444444444
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 Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentine
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212197563092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41219759708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12197563250
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412197575516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121975627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12197574979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22219757,21975827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12197574165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212197569895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12197568173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2219757,21975824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2219756,2197577437
Gold  (*)CopperAu121975830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121975614640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121975712537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12197564924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121975717380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12197562994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23219756,219757,21975839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812197589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23219756,219757,21975861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12197586417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2219757,21975821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312197585317


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