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Locality Name:
Betts Manganese Mines (Anson Betts Mine; Plainfield Manganese Mines), Plainfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 5889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Betts Manganese Mines (Anson Betts Mine; Plainfield Manganese Mines), Plainfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°29'40"N
Longitude: 72°56'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.494444444444,-72.945277777778

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite
Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bafertisite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jacobsite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Rutile ()*	Schallerite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sonolite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Takanelite ()*	Tephroite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Cobaltite Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Humite
Löllingite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Olivine Pyrite Pyrosmalite Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	312
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	77
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bafertisite ()*	None	Ba₂Fe²⁺₄Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂F₂	16
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	173
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	83
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	172
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	234
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	177
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schallerite ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₁₆As³⁺₃Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₇	8
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sonolite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	50
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Takanelite ()*	None	(Mn²⁺,Ca)_2x(Mn⁴⁺)_1-xO₂·0.7H₂O	18
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	240

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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