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Locality Name:
Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 326
Youngest recorded age at locality: 267

mindat Locality ID: 228853
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228853.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Charter Oak Federal Credit Union Construction Site
Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall)
Goos Quarry
Harkness Memorial State Park
Millstone Quarry
Somers Quarry
Waterford Quarry

Latitude: 41°20'34"N
Longitude: 72°8'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.342777777778,-72.145
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 Ca Ce Cr F Fe H K La Mg Na O Si Ti U V Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteCorundumCrichtoniteEpidoteFeldsparNonePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTitanite
Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Davidite-(La)  (*)
Diopside  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O611993181022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O63262671199317286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3262672199317,1993188803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3262671199317706
Davidite-(La)  (*)CrichtoniteLa(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)38326267119931731
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611993184135
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O332626711993175433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43262672199317,19931814899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3262672199317,1993184924
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3262672199317,1993182349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23262673199317,199318,19931961156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3262672199317,1993184899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3262673199316,199317,1993185251


15 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02375_206_238267267267206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02375_207_206280280280207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02375_207_235269269269207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02376_206_238294294294206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02376_207_206309309309207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02376_207_235296296296207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02377_206_238292292292206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02377_207_206326326326207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02377_207_235296296296207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02378_206_238288288288206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02378_207_206297297297207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02378_207_235289289289207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02379_206_238286286286206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02379_207_206298298298207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02379_207_235288288288207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  11211Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 

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