Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Manton Avenue Quarry (Manton Quarry; Violet Hill Quarry), Manton, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6808
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6808.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manton Avenue Quarry (Manton Quarry; Violet Hill Quarry), Manton, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Scapolite	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline
Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Meionite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Scapolite Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline
Zircon

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	176
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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