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Locality Name:
Linkpot Cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 274
Youngest recorded age at locality: 272

mindat Locality ID: 23479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23479.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Linkpot Cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°34'34"N
Longitude: 72°28'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.576111111111,-72.4825
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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteApatiteBastnäsiteBerylChalcopyriteClayEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzScheeliteSphaleriteTitanite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)27427208803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2742720706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)327427202353
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)27427201036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O627427202060
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F2742720304
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1827427204286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2274272027198
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F27427202740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF227427209617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O27427206890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)427427205591
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2742720915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)27427204924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2274272017380
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O2742720265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2274272039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S827427209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2274272061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)27427204894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO527427201516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS274272021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O27427204899


1 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
Bradley_2012_069274272273±1U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  6782Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USAAndersonMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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