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Locality Name:
Copperas Hill, Cuttingsville, Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 98
Youngest recorded age at locality: 98

mindat Locality ID: 236725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copperas Hill, Cuttingsville, Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Copperas Hill Mines
Copperas Hill Railroad Cut

Latitude: 43°29'42"N
Longitude: 72°52'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.495,-72.868333333333
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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteFeldsparNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneSodaliteSpinel
TridymiteWollastonite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Nepheline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6989812791451022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)989812791458803
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O98981279145232
Graphite  (*)NoneC989812791442812
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)298981279145209
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O49898127914514899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)989812791454924
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)98981279145884
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29898127914539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8989812791449056
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl98981279145444
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2989812791442562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3989812791441247


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
AREPS5_257-00032989898     Yes  21183Cuttingsville, Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USACuttingsvilleZartman (1977)10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353AREPS5_257 

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