Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 210551
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210551.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burlington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
State Route 179 Road Cut (State Route 4 Road Cut Collinsville)
Taine Mountain
Whigville

Latitude: 41°48'26"N
Longitude: 72°55'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.807222222222,-72.925277777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline

Almandine ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Galena ()*
Grossular ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	198825	2353
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	198823	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	198822	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	198822	27770
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	198823	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	198822	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	198822	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	198822	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	198825	648
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	198827	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	198822	1544
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	198823	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	198822	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	198825	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	198825	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	198822	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	198824	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	198822,198824,198825,198827	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	198827	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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