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:
Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 292
Youngest recorded age at locality: 284

mindat Locality ID: 228844
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228844.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hadlyme
Joshua Rock Quarry
Selden Neck Quarries

Latitude: 41°24'3"N
Longitude: 72°23'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.400833333333,-72.393611111111

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.

Calcite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite
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 C Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar None Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Titanite
Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	292	284	1	199294	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	292	284	1	199295	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	292	284	2	199294,199295	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	292	284	1	199293	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	292	284	2	199294,199295	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	292	284	1	199294	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	292	284	1	199294	4924
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	292	284	1	199295	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	292	284	2	199294,199295	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	292	284	1	199294	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	292	284	2	199294,199295	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_003	292	284	288±4	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			228844	Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, USA	Lyme Dome	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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