Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bishop Hill Schorl Locality, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 274
Youngest recorded age at locality: 272

mindat Locality ID: 263933
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263933.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bishop Hill Schorl Locality, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°34'38"N
Longitude: 72°29'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.577222222222,-72.496666666667

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca F Fe H K Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Clay Feldspar Mica None Quartz Tourmaline

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Annite ()*	Beryl ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Graphite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	274	272	8803
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	274	272	356
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	274	272	4286
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	274	272	2740
Graphite ()*	None	C	274	272	2812
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	274	272	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	274	272	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	274	272	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	274	272	2705

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
	Bradley_2012_069	274	272	273±1	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			6782	Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA	Anderson	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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