Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Orange Co., Vermont, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 500

mindat Locality ID: 24230
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24230.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orange Co., Vermont, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Braintree
Brookfield
Corinth
Norwich
Randolph
Strafford
Thetford
Town Of Vershire
Washington
West Fairlee
Williamstown

Latitude: 43°54'30"N
Longitude: 72°20'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.908333333333,-72.343611111111

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copiapite
Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Staurolite	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Valleriite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 B C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copiapite
Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite
Malachite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Staurolite Talc
Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Valleriite Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Alunogen ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Winchite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	500	500	3	279072,279078,279080	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	500	500	2	279069,279072	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	279063	2353
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O			1	279078	272
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	500	500	6	279057,279059,279061,279072,279078,279080	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	279063	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	500	500	5	279063,279072,279075,279078,279080	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	500	500	6	279063,279072,279073,279074,279075,279078	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	279074	951
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	500	500	1	279072	966
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	279078	382
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	500	500	1	279072	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	500	500	1	279072	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	500	500	2	279072,279078	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	279063	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	279069	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	500	500	2	279069,279072	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	279063	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	500	500	3	279062,279072,279075	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	500	500	2	279070,279078	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	279060	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	279078	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	500	500	1	279072	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	279078	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	500	500	2	279072,279078	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	279078	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	500	500	3	279063,279072,279074	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	279062,279078	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	279078,279080	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	500	500	2	279072,279078	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	279069	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	500	500	1	279072	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	500	500	3	279069,279072,279078	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	279062	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	500	500	1	279072	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	500	500	7	279059,279061,279062,279063,279072,279078,279080	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	500	500	5	279062,279063,279072,279073,279078	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	500	500	8	279059,279061,279062,279072,279074,279075,279078,279080	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	500	500	2	279072,279078	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	500	500	5	279062,279069,279072,279078,279080	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	279075	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	500	500	4	279072,279075,279078,279080	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	279078	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	279074,279078	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	500	500	1	279072	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	500	500	1	279072	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	500	500	1	279072	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	500	500	1	279072	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	500	500	1	279072	237
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	279078	652
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	500	500	1	279072	1395
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	500	500	0		51
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	279069	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-01077	500	500	Early Devonian										S	17253	Elizabeth Mine, South Strafford, Strafford, Orange Co., Vermont, USA	Elizabeth	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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