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Locality Name:
Town Of Vershire, Orange Co., Vermont, USA


mindat Locality ID: 235892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Town Of Vershire, Orange Co., Vermont, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
South Vershire

Latitude: 43°55'45"N
Longitude: 72°17'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.929166666667,-72.285277777778
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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCorundumDiasporeGypsum
KaoliniteMalachiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStauroliteTalcTourmaline

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Dravite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Talc  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
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)212790783419
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1279078272
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12790789052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127907827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127907827198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1279078382
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1279078648
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12790787437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12790786890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127907814640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612790782228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412790785591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127907814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127907812537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1279078915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127907817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127907839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812790789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127907861156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O1279078293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212790785614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127907821482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1279078978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212790783337
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1279078652


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