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Locality Name:
Southford, Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274904
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274904.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Curtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford Pegmatite; Southbury Rose Quartz Quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill)

Latitude: 41°26'58"N
Longitude: 73°10'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.449444444444,-73.175555555556
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 B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Si U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteArsenicAutuniteBerylBismutiteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparGarnet
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltStibniteTourmaline
Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11992608803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311992602353
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11992601272
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21199260606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811992604286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11992601966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311992601935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1199260716
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119926027198
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11992602740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119926024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119926012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11992604924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211992605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119926017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11992602994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119926039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119926061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11992602705
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11992601059
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11992605251


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