Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Simsbury Mines, East Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 23020
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23020.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Simsbury Mines, East Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Higley Mine
Newgate Copper Mine (Old Newgate Prison)
North Hill Mines

Latitude: 41°57'22"N
Longitude: 72°44'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.956111111111,-72.7475

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.

Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Zircon

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 K Mg O S Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Zircon

14 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	220	220	1	198841	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	220	220	3	198840,198841,198842	5516
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	220	220	1	198841	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	220	220	2	198841,198842	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	220	220	3	198840,198841,198842	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	220	220	1	198841	3531
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	220	220	1	198841	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	220	220	1	198841	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	220	220	2	198841,198842	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	198840	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	198840	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	220	220	2	198841,198842	12537
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	220	220	1	198841	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	220	220	1	198841	2718

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00664	220	220	Triassic										Cu	205644	Newgate Copper Mine (Old Newgate Prison), Simsbury Mines, East Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA	Newgate Prison	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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