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Locality Name:
Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°25'40"N
Longitude: 73°24'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.427777777778,-73.412222222222
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Sr Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Sr Ti W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayFeldsparGypsumMica
NickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSepioliteTalcTitanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O0241
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562


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