Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Easthampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 233259
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233259.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Easthampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Loudville Lead Mines (Manhan Lead-Silver Mine; Southampton Lead Mine; Northampton Lead Mine)

Latitude: 42°16'51"N
Longitude: 72°43'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.280833333333,-72.731944444444

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Linarite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*
Malachite ()*	Mendipite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Plumbogummite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Witherite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Linarite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	219531	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	219531	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	219531	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	219531	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	219531	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	219531	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	219531	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	219531	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	219531	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	219531	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	219531	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	219531	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	219531	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	219531	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	219531	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	219531	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	219531	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	219531	2970
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	219531	300
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	219531	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	219531	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	219531	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	219531	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	219531	1689
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	219531	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	219531	1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	219531	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	219531	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	219531	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	1	219531	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	219531	12537
Mendipite ()*	None	Pb₃O₂Cl₂	1	219531	17
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	219531	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	219531	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	219531	2994
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	219531	170
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	219531	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	219531	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	219531	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	219531	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	219531	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	219531	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	219531	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	219531	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	219531	21482
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	219531	251
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	219531	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	219531	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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