Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
New Marlborough, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30364
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30364.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Marlborough, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cleveland Gold Mine (Cleveland Nickel Mine)
Cleveland Iron Mine
Hotchkiss Mine

Latitude: 42°7'22"N
Longitude: 73°13'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.122777777778,-73.229166666667

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Humite	Kaolinite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Humite Kaolinite Mica
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	219173	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	219171	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	219171	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	219171	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	219172	285
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0		1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	219171	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	219171	2812
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	219172	14899
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	219171	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	219172	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	219173	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	219171	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	219172	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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