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Locality Name:
Prospect, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 331
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 251323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251323.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
O And G Quarry # 3

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)333129911992412353
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)233129911992415509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)331299119924127770
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O33129911992412970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF233129911992419617
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2331299119924112537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)33129911992414924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2331299119924117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2331299119924139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2331299119924161156



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
Alexandra-0412331299315 ± 16K-ArAge of gneissbiotite     251324O And G Quarry # 3, Prospect, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USAProspect GneissZartman et al. (1970)10.1130/0016-7606(1970)81[3359:APDOKR]2.0.CO;2GSAB81_3359 


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