Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
East Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 72431
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72431.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cinque Quarry
Foxon
High Street And Interstate 95 Interchange
McLay Avenue

Latitude: 41°18'1"N
Longitude: 72°52'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.300277777778,-72.866666666667

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	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Talc

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

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 Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Talc

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	199201	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	199201,199204,199205	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	199201,199202,199203,199204	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	199201,199203	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	199203	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	199201,199203,199204,199205	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	199201	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	199203	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	199203,199204	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	199201,199203,199204,199205	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	199201,199204,199205	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	199203	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	199201	5674
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	199201,199203,199204	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	199201	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	199201,199203,199204,199205	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	199201	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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