Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Orleans Co., Vermont, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22471.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orleans Co., Vermont, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Barton
Brownington
Coventry
Craftsbury
Derby
Eclogite Brook Locality
Greensboro
Irasburg
Jay
Tillotson Peak Area
Troy
Westmore

Latitude: 44°49'17"N
Longitude: 72°18'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.821388888889,-72.304166666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Artinite	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tridymite
Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Antigorite ()*
Artinite ()*	Augite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Winchite ()*	Zaratite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Artinite Beryl Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica Millerite Nickeline None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite Tridymite
Vesuvianite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279102	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	279102,279107	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	279102	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	279103	1627
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	279105	708
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	279107	75
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	279103	2060
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279096	49
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	279088,279107	4286
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	279105	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	279102	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	279102	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	279101,279103,279105	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	279105	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	279102	1756
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279102	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	279107	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	279101,279102	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	279102	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279103	271
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	279096,279102	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	279104	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	279107	1544
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279089	209
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	279102,279103	5433
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279102	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	279102,279103,279105	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	279106	168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	279107	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	279102	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	279094,279095,279102,279107	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	279103	884
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	279096	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	279096,279102	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	279093,279100,279102,279107	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	279100	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	279102	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	279100,279102,279107	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	279090,279100	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	279102	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	279105,279107	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	279102,279107	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	279107	1395
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279102	51
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	279103	56

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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