Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group Mine; VAG Mine; Ruberoid Asbestos Mine; Eden Mills Quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4559
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4559.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group Mine; VAG Mine; Ruberoid Asbestos Mine; Eden Mills Quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°46'0"N
Longitude: 72°31'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.766666666667,-72.523055555556

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Artinite	Axinite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Mica
None	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc
Titanite	Vesuvianite	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 C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Artinite Axinite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Hydrotalcite Malachite Mica
None Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc
Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Artinite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Barroisite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Katophorite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*
Pargasite ()*	Pecoraite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyroaurite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Xonotlite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	75
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	260
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	49
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	160
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
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	87
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	46
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	238
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	40
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	89
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
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
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	212
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	109
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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