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Locality Name:
Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 51877
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51877.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Carroll Brothers Quarry (Webb Quarry)
Clere Quarry (Webb Quarry)
Darling Brothers Quarry (Haskell Quarry)
Dodds Quarry (Milford Pink Granite Co. Quarry; Castelucci Quarry; Gaffa King Quarry)
East Quarry (Webb Quarry)
Fletcher Quarry (GH Cutting; Sibson Quarry; Ross Quarry)
Logan And Judge Quarry
Milford Pink Granite Co. Quarries
Norcross Quarry
Railroad Quarry

Latitude: 42°8'23"N
Longitude: 71°31'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.139722222222,-71.516666666667

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.

Calcite	Chevkinite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Ce F Fe H K Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na O S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chevkinite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite
Mica None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Titanite Zircon

18 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)	0		8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	0		89
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	219867	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	219867	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	219867	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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