Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24314
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24314.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Liberty Hill Granite Quarry
Vermont Verde Antique International Quarry

Latitude: 43°49'30"N
Longitude: 72°48'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.825,-72.81

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	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine
Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Talc ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Feldspar Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Serpentine
Spinel Talc

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279265	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	279265	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	279265	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	279265	708
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	279265	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	279264,279265	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	279265	9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	279265	2812
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	279265	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	279265	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	279265	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	279265	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	279264	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	279264	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	279265	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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