Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Canton, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 204748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canton, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Collinsville
Knapp Prospect
Ratlum Mountain
Rattlesnake Mountain

Latitude: 41°51'49"N
Longitude: 72°55'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.863611111111,-72.920833333333

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Staurolite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica
None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Staurolite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

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	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	198830,198831	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	198830	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	198834	4286
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	198836	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	198836	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	198836	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	198831	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	198831,198832,198833	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	198830	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	198830,198831	17380
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	198836	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	198829,198830,198831,198836	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	198836	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	198831	978
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	198836	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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