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Locality Name:
Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA


mindat Locality ID: 293958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293958.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lowell & Eden

Latitude: 44°45'59"N
Longitude: 72°31'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.766388888889,-72.523055555556
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 Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArtiniteAxiniteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnetHydrotalciteMalachiteMica
NoneOlivinePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSerpentineSpinelTalc
TitaniteVesuvianiteZircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Artinite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Barroisite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Edenite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Heazlewoodite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Katophorite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Margarite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Pecoraite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyroaurite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)212790863419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12790868803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1279086706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312790862353
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21279086718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41279086708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12790863250
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O127908675
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)21279086260
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2127908649
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412790865516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21279086462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127908627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12790865707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127908627198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81279086577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412790863902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41279086951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812790861756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12790861025
Copper  (*)CopperCu12790863846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612790864135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212790869895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)21279086160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12790868173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21279086271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12790862740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12790861188
Graphite  (*)NoneC12790862812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312790861544
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21279086205
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61279086741
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4127908687
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312790865433
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2127908646
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41279086359
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21279086238
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41279086311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12790861487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127908614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127908612537
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)21279086168
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12790864924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127908617380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21279086247
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21279086313
Pecoraite  (*)Clay SerpentineNi3Si2O5(OH)4127908640
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212790862273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212790861898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127908639462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O127908689
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127908661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212790865614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12790866417
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212790863337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12790864899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212790862562
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)31279086212
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012790861395
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)21279086109
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12790865251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12790861025


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