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Locality Name:
Washington Co., Vermont, USA


mindat Locality ID: 22503
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22503.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Washington Co., Vermont, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Barre
Barre Area Granite Quarries
Cabot
Duxbury
Montpelier
Moretown
Northfield
Roxbury
Warren
Waterbury
Woodbury

Latitude: 44°15'24"N
Longitude: 72°38'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.256666666667,-72.643888888889

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ca Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachite
MicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSerpentineSpinelStaurolite
TalcTitaniteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Staurolite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)24279167,279168,279177,2791793419
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22279168,2791743092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43279167,279168,279179708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12791789052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7279161,279162,279164,279167,279168,279179,27918027770
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)20376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42279168,2791793902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42279168,279179951
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24279167,279168,279172,2791799895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3279162,279164,2791808173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12791642740
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12791722812
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)3279167,279168,2791791487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45279162,279167,279168,279179,27918014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127916612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22279162,27917917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27279162,279164,279168,279170,279174,279179,27918039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812791799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27279158,279161,279171,279174,279178,279179,27918061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24279161,279171,279178,2791805614
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1279163978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)26279167,279168,279171,279172,279177,2791793337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O4279161,279162,279164,2791804899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212791682562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3279161,279162,2791805251



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