Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Copper Valley Mine (Bellamy's Mine), Cheshire, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 10340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10340.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Valley Mine (Bellamy's Mine), Cheshire, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°29'3"N
Longitude: 72°52'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.484166666667,-72.868888888889

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	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	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 O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Clay Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Allophane ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Malachite ()*	Talc ()*	Willemite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	470
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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