Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Iron Mine Hill Quarry, Cumberland, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6735
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6735.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Mine Hill Quarry, Cumberland, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°0'17"N
Longitude: 71°27'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.004722222222,-71.456666666667

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Ilvaite
Kaolinite	Molybdenite	None	Olivine	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Epidote ()*
Forsterite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*

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 Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Ilvaite
Kaolinite Molybdenite None Olivine Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc

19 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
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	197
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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