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Locality Name:
Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Falls Village

Latitude: 41°58'2"N
Longitude: 73°21'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.967222222222,-73.35
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 B Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al F H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayDiasporeFeldsparGarnet
GypsumHumiteKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutile
ScapoliteTourmalineWollastoniteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Aragonite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marialite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11989348803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311989342353
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11989363250
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811989344286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2198935,19893627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22198935,19893627198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F20285
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62198935,1989364135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22198935,1989369895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11989342740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2198935,1989367437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311989361544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11989356890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl1198935139
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11989344924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119893417380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22198935,1989362273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22198935,19893639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23198934,198935,19893661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211989365614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11989342705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511989361516
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22198935,1989362562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311989361247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11989345251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X050170Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USAhttps://rruff.info/X050170

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