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Locality Name:
Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA


mindat Locality ID: 244481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Maltby's Quarry
Pfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. Quarry; NELCO Quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry)

Latitude: 42°1'24"N
Longitude: 73°19'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.023333333333,-73.324444444444
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Mg Na O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayFeldsparHumiteMalachite
MelanteriteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
Talc

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211989793419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)119897911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411989795516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)119897927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119897927198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F20285
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811989791756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211989799895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11989792740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119897912537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1198979915
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211989792273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119897939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811989799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119897961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211989795614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119897921482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211989793337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22198978,1989792562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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