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Locality Name:
Granite Hill, Cuttingsville, Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 98
Youngest recorded age at locality: 98

mindat Locality ID: 22473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granite Hill, Cuttingsville, Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°29'0"N
Longitude: 72°53'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.483333333333,-72.895
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzSodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Corundum  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sodalite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6989802060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)9898027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O98980232
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3989801797
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)98980371
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O98980345
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)298980271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F989802740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2989809617
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3989805433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O49898014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2989805800
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)98980884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)989802349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29898039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8989809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29898061156
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl98980444
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O989804899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)989805251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
AREPS5_257-00032989898     Yes  21183Cuttingsville, Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USACuttingsvilleZartman (1977)10.1146/annurev.ea.05.050177.001353AREPS5_257 

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