Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 617
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 24653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24653.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chalkstone Avenue
Dyerville
Manton
Neutaconkanut Hill
Roger Williams Park
Wanskuck

Latitude: 41°48'21"N
Longitude: 71°26'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.805833333333,-71.445

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	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	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 ()*	Ottrélite ()*	Paragonite ()*
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 H Na O Si

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

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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	263554	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	263554	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	263554	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	263554	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	263554	708
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	263554	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	263554	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	263554	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	263554	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	263554	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	263554	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	263554	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	263554	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	263554	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	263554,263555	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	263554	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	263554,263555	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	263554	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	263554	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	263554	12537
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)			1	263554	176
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	263554	945
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	263554	2349
Ottrélite ()*	Chloritoid	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	263556	59
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	617	541	0		247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	263554	313
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	263554	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	263554	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	617	541	4	263551,263554,263556,263558	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	263554	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	263554	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	263554	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	263554	2705
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	263554,263555	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	263554	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	263554	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	263554	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	263554	1025

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01510_206_238	548	548	548	206_238	zircon	Zircon	236643	Wanskuck, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01510_207_206	617	617	617	207_206	zircon	Zircon	236643	Wanskuck, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01510_207_235	562	562	562	207_235	zircon	Zircon	236643	Wanskuck, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01511_206_238	541	541	541	206_238	zircon	Zircon	236643	Wanskuck, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01511_207_206	615	615	615	207_206	zircon	Zircon	236643	Wanskuck, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01511_207_235	555	555	555	207_235	zircon	Zircon	236643	Wanskuck, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

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