Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

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.

Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz

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:
Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	331	299	1	199241	2353
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	331	299	1	199241	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	331	299	1	199241	27770
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	331	299	1	199241	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	331	299	1	199241	9617
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	331	299	1	199241	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	331	299	1	199241	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	331	299	1	199241	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	331	299	1	199241	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	331	299	1	199241	61156

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0412	331	299	315 ± 16	K-Ar	Age of gneiss		biotite							251324	O And G Quarry # 3, Prospect, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA	Prospect Gneiss	Zartman et al. (1970)	10.1130/0016-7606(1970)81[3359:APDOKR]2.0.CO;2	GSAB81_3359

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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