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Locality Name:
Upper Merryall, New Milford, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA


mindat Locality ID: 248929
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248929.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper Merryall, New Milford, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
New England Mining Company Quarry (Roebling Mine; Hewitt's Mine)

Latitude: 41°39'21"N
Longitude: 73°26'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.655833333333,-73.434444444444
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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O P Si U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteBerylClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMeta-autuniteMica
NonePhosphuranyliteQuartzTourmalineZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Annite  (*)Beryl  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)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)11989708803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311989702353
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21198970356
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811989704286
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61198970518
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11989702740
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1198970388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1198970443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11989704924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119897017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11989702994
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O1198970182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119897061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11989702705
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211989702718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1198970890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11989705251


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