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Locality Name:
Ashland, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA


mindat Locality ID: 236333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236333.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Aggregate Industries Quarry (Bayer-Mingolla Quarry; Trimount Quarry)

Latitude: 42°14'3"N
Longitude: 71°28'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.234166666667,-71.476666666667

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAxiniteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparHalotrichiteMalachiteMicaNatroliteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStilbiteTitanite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stellerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
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)212195723419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12195728803
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61219572919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)21219572260
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1219572161
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412195725516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121957227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121957227198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81219572577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12195723531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12195721025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12195728173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21219572271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12195722740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12195727437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121957214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312195725433
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O121957228
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12195721271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121957214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121957212537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12195724924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12195721508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121957217380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12195721236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12195722994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12195722349
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O1219572265
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212195721898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121957239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812195729056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121957261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121957221482
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O1219572189
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12195724899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212195722562



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080085Ashland, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080085


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