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Locality Name:
Uxbridge, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA


mindat Locality ID: 51883
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51883.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Babingtonite Locality
Blanchard Quarries
Scadden Silver Mine (Uxbridge Silver Mine; Tucker Prospect)

Latitude: 42°3'22"N
Longitude: 71°40'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.056111111111,-71.669444444444
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 As Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMicaNonePrehnite
PyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2219924,2199258803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12199269052
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1219924161
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121992627198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2219924,2199258173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212199259617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121992624243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121992514899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12199244924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121992517380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212199241898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121992439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23219924,219925,21992661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121992621482


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