Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Caledonia Co., Vermont, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caledonia Co., Vermont, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Groton
Hardwick
Kirby
Ryegate

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Kaolinite
Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Andalusite Apatite Calcite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Kaolinite
Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Staurolite Titanite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	278982	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	278982,278984	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	0		376
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	278984,278986	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	278982	2740
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	278984,278986	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	278984,278986	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	278989,278990	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	278982,278984	39462
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	278982	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	278982,278984,278986,278987	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	278986	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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