Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22339
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22339.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Boxford Lime Quarry
Fowler Mine
Harriman Mine

Latitude: 42°39'40"N
Longitude: 70°59'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.661111111111,-70.996666666667

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	Andalusite	Calcite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Au C Fe H Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Andalusite Calcite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnesite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	219310,219311	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	219311	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	219311	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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