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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:
Salisbury District, Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 387
Youngest recorded age at locality: 349

mindat Locality ID: 254356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salisbury District, Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Camp Mine (Chapin Mine)
Chatfield Mine
Clarke Mine
Davis Mine (Forbes Mine; Hendricks Mine)
Porter Mine
Salisbury Mine (Old Hill Mine; Ore Hill Mine)
Scoville Mine

Latitude: 41°59'8"N
Longitude: 73°26'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.985555555556,-73.446944444444

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	Coronadite	Diaspore	None	Rhabdophane	Rutile	Talc

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 Fe H K La Mg Mn Nd O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Coronadite Diaspore None Rhabdophane Rutile Talc

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Cryptomelane ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Rhabdophane-(La) ()*
Rhabdophane-(Nd) ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*

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
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	199001	599
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	199001	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	387	349	7	198996,198997,198998,198999,199000,199001,199002	7437
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	199001,199002	3106
Rhabdophane-(La) ()*	Rhabdophane	La(PO₄)·H₂O			1	199002	13
Rhabdophane-(Nd) ()*	Rhabdophane	Nd(PO₄)·H₂O			1	199002	14
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	199001	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	199001	3337

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
	USGS-Rb-Sr-03251	387	349	368±19	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism		biotite							254364	Clarke Mine, Salisbury District, Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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