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Locality Name:
Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA


mindat Locality ID: 220565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Baldwin Quarry (Milford Quarry)
Milford Babingtonite Locality
Quarry Road

Latitude: 41°14'24"N
Longitude: 73°1'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.24,-73.022777777778

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
NonePyriteQuartzRhodoniteSerpentineSpinelTalc

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11992278803
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1199226161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2199225,19922727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119922727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411992253902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41199225951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811992271756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11992271025
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211992259895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11992258173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11992277437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311992251544
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41199225359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4119922514899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119922739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22199225,19922761156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211992253337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211992252562



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