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Locality Name:
Newgate Copper Mine (Old Newgate Prison), Simsbury Mines, East Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 205644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newgate Copper Mine (Old Newgate Prison), Simsbury Mines, East Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°57'42"N
Longitude: 72°44'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.961666666667,-72.746666666667

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupZircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)222022005509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS422022005516
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O22022001184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S22022005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2220220027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O22022003531
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2202200566
Copper  (*)CopperCu22022003846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O22022002970
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2220220012537
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O2202200628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO222022002718



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00664220220Triassic       Cu205644Newgate Copper Mine (Old Newgate Prison), Simsbury Mines, East Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USANewgate PrisonCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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