Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 228539
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228539.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
State Route 67 Construction Site
Stevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine)

Latitude: 41°23'43"N
Longitude: 73°9'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.395277777778,-73.166388888889

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	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Malachite	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Tourmaline

Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Goethite ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Feldspar Malachite None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Staurolite Tourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	199239	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	199239	919
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	199238	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	199238,199239	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	199239	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	199239	4135
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	199239	7437
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	199239	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	199239	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	199238	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	199238	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	199238	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	199239	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	199239	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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