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Locality Name:
Riverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock District (White Rocks District), Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 277.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 277.9

mindat Locality ID: 10555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock District (White Rocks District), Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°33'28"N
Longitude: 72°36'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.557777777778,-72.603333333333
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 B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Na Nb O P Si U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Na Nb O P Si U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteBerylChloriteClayColumbiteDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
Meta-autuniteMicaNoneQuartzTourmalineZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Annite  (*)Beryl  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)277.9277.908803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3277.9277.902353
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2277.9277.90356
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18277.9277.904286
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6277.9277.90518
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8277.9277.90181
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)277.9277.90520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F277.9277.902740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2277.9277.909617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)277.9277.907437
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O277.9277.90388
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)277.9277.904924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2277.9277.9017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O277.9277.902994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2277.9277.9061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)277.9277.902705
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2277.9277.902718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)277.9277.905251


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
Mo-00159277.9277.9277.9U-Pb monazite  YesMolybdeniteMo17878Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USAMiddletownFenner (1932)10.2475/ajs.s5-23.136.327AJS5_327 

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