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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

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 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: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsumLinariteMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzStauroliteStilbiteTitaniteTourmaline

28 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11991798803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311991792353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11991791627
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11991792734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11991791588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11991799052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811991794286
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611991791633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)119917927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11991794979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1199179925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11991795707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119917927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11991793531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11991792970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11991798173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11991796890
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411991791507
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21199179987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119917912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119917917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119917939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119917961156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11991792705
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1199179978
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O1199179268
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11991794899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211991792562



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