Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 217861
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217861.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Rockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry)
Roxbury Granite Quarry (upper Quarry)
Roxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron And Steel Company Mine)

Latitude: 41°34'1"N
Longitude: 73°20'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.566944444444,-73.339166666667

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite
Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite
Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Melanterite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Tourmaline Zircon

33 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	198990	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	198990,198991	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	198990	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	198992	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	198992	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	198990	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	198990	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	198990	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	198990,198992	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	198992	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	198990,198992	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	2	198990,198992	382
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	198990	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	198990	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	198990,198992	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	198992	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	198992	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	198992	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	198990	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	198992	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	198992	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	198992	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	198990	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	198990	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	198992	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	198990	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	198990,198991,198992	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	198990,198991,198992	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	198990	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	198990	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	198990,198992	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	198990,198992	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	198990	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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