Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant
Feldspar Quarry
Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry)
Graphite Locality
Knudsen Prospects
Quarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries)
Rock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry)
Tidewater Feldspar Quarry
Unnamed Amphibole-tourmaline-magnetite Locality

Latitude: 41°29'51"N
Longitude: 72°30'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.4975,-72.516111111111

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.

Allanite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Autunite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phosphuranylite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Schoepite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite
Topaz	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon

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 B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Autunite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Phosphuranylite Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Schoepite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite
Topaz Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Annite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Autunite ()*	Becquerelite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fourmarierite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Vandendriesscheite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	2	199100,199102	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8	199100,199101,199102,199104,199105,199106,199107,199108	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	199100	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	4	199100,199102,199105,199106	2353
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	199101,199102,199106	356
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	199108	718
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	199106	1272
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	1	199106	92
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2	199100,199105	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	199100,199102,199105,199106	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	199106	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	199106	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	199102	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	199102	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	199102,199106	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	199102,199106	518
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	2	199102,199105	181
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	199108	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	199102	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	199102	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	199102,199105	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	199100	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	199102,199105,199106	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	199102	9617
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O	1	199106	61
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	199102,199106	7437
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	199100	167
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	199102,199103	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	199102	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	199102	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	199103	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	199102,199107,199108	14899
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	2	199100,199106	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	8	199100,199101,199102,199104,199105,199106,199107,199108	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	199105	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	199100,199101,199102,199104,199105,199106,199107	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	199100	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	199106	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	199102	2349
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	1	199106	182
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	199100	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	199100,199106	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	199102	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	199100,199101,199102,199104,199105,199106,199107,199108	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	199102	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	6	199100,199101,199102,199104,199105,199106	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	199100	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	199102	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	199100	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	199100,199102	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	199102	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	199106	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	199106	313
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	199106	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2	199102,199106	890
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	1	199106	52
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	199102	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	199106	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	199100	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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