Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 52147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Belmont Hill
Hatfield Lead Mine

Latitude: 42°22'15"N
Longitude: 72°35'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.370833333333,-72.598611111111

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Andalusite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	219541	1310
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	219542	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	219542	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	219542	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	219542	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	219542	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	219542	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	219542	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	219542	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	219542	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	219542	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	219542	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	219542	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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