Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 373
Youngest recorded age at locality: 336.3

mindat Locality ID: 66274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chesterfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chesterfield Kyanite Locality
Clark Ledge Pegmatite Locality
Macomber Ledge Pegmatite Locality
West Chesterfield Hollow Pegmatite Locality

Latitude: 42°25'31"N
Longitude: 72°52'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.425277777778,-72.879722222222

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.

Autunite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Staurolite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*
Staurolite ()*	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 B Be Ca Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Staurolite Tourmaline Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	373	336.3	3	219523,219524,219525	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	373	336.3	2	219522,219523	2353
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	373	336.3	1	219523	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	373	336.3	3	219523,219524,219525	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	373	336.3	1	219523	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	373	336.3	1	219523	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	373	336.3	1	219523	289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	373	336.3	1	219523	520
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	373	369	1	219522	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	373	336.3	1	219523	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	373	336.3	3	219523,219524,219525	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	373	336.3	4	219522,219523,219524,219525	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	373	336.3	1	219523	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	373	369	2	219524,219525	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	373	336.3	3	219523,219524,219525	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	373	336.3	0		978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	373	369	3	219523,219524,219525	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0183	370.89	370.59	370.74 ± 0.15	U-Pb	Age of pegmatite	zircon	11DW300a	Zircon	5971	Clark Ledge Pegmatite Locality, Chesterfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	Clark Ledge	Bradley et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1600035	CM54_945
Alexandra-0184	341.9	336.3	339.1 ± 2.8	Ar-Ar	Age of pegmatite	muscovite	11Dw300	Muscovite	5971	Clark Ledge Pegmatite Locality, Chesterfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	Clark Ledge	Bradley et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1600035	CM54_945
Bradley_2012_067	373	369	371±2	U/Pb		zircon		Zircon	5971	Clark Ledge Pegmatite Locality, Chesterfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA	Clark Ledge	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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