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Locality Name:
Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 774
Youngest recorded age at locality: 522

mindat Locality ID: 52181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°14'41"N
Longitude: 73°'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.244722222222,-73.016111111111

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Titanite	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 C Ca F Fe H K O P S Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Mica None Pyrite
Titanite Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	774	522	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	774	522	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	774	522	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	774	522	9617
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	774	522	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	774	522	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	774	522	39462
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	774	522	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	774	522	5251

12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02411_206_238	597	597	597	206_238	material inherited from source rock, maximum age for unit; age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	52181	Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02411_207_206	774	774	774	207_206	material inherited from source rock, maximum age for unit; age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	52181	Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02411_207_235	635	635	635	207_235	material inherited from source rock, maximum age for unit; age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	52181	Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02412_206_238	582	582	582	206_238	material inherited from source rock, maximum age for unit; age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	52181	Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02412_207_206	757	757	757	207_206	material inherited from source rock, maximum age for unit; age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	52181	Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02412_207_235	619	619	619	207_235	material inherited from source rock, maximum age for unit; age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	52181	Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02413_206_238	534	534	534	206_238	material inherited from source rock, maximum age for unit; age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	52181	Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02413_207_206	705	705	705	207_206	material inherited from source rock, maximum age for unit; age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	52181	Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02413_207_235	568	568	568	207_235	material inherited from source rock, maximum age for unit; age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	52181	Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02414_206_238	522	522	522	206_238	material inherited from source rock, maximum age for unit; age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	52181	Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02414_207_206	683	683	683	207_206	material inherited from source rock, maximum age for unit; age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	52181	Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02414_207_235	553	553	553	207_235	material inherited from source rock, maximum age for unit; age of intrusion	zircon	Zircon	52181	Hudson & Chester Quarry, Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

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