Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 48818
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48818.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ludlow, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Argonaut Mine (Argonaut Talc Mine)
Black Bear Deposit
Frostbite Mine
Kelly Deposit
Route 103 Road Cut
Williams River

Latitude: 43°23'46"N
Longitude: 72°42'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.396111111111,-72.704444444444

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	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	None	Olivine
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gold ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Feldspar Mica None Olivine
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Spinel Talc

16 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	279242	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	279244	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	279242,279244	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	279246	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	279242	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	279246	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	279244	1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	279247	30554
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	279242	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	279242	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	279244	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	279246	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	279242,279244	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	279242,279244,279246	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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