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Locality Name:
Nathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 29586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°35'38"N
Longitude: 72°32'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.593888888889,-72.54
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 As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Si Ta U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Si Ta U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteAutuniteBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteDiasporeFeldsparFluorite
GarnetLöllingiteMeta-autuniteMicaMonaziteNoneQuartzStauroliteTapioliteTourmaline
Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Annite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)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)27427208803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)327427202353
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22742720356
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O27427201272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1827427204286
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2742720716
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62742720518
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F27427202740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)27427207437
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs22742720762
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O2742720388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2742720443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)27427204924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)2742720945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2274272017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O27427202994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2274272061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)27427202705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)327427201214
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)2742720978
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6274272088
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O27427201059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO227427202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2742720890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)27427205251


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
Bradley_2012_069274272273±1U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  6782Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USAAndersonMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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