Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sneech Pond Copper Mines (Copper Mine Hill), Cumberland, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sneech Pond Copper Mines (Copper Mine Hill), Cumberland, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°0'2"N
Longitude: 71°26'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.000555555556,-71.445833333333

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	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline

36 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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	345
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	129
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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