Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Beacon Falls, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 249692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beacon Falls, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Barrett Brothers Quarry (D And J Quarry)

Latitude: 41°25'3"N
Longitude: 73°4'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.4175,-73.073611111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Staurolite	Stilbite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kyanite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Staurolite ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 As B Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Linarite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Staurolite Stilbite Titanite Tourmaline

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	199179	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	199179	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	199179	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	199179	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	199179	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	199179	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	199179	4286
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	199179	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	199179	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	199179	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	199179	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	199179	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	199179	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	199179	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	199179	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	199179	8173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	199179	6890
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	199179	1507
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	199179	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	199179	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	199179	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	199179	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	199179	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	199179	2705
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	199179	978
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	199179	268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	199179	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	199179	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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