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:
Seymour, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 47243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seymour, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Arsenic And Nickel Mine (Nickel Mine Brook)
Haynes Quarry
Holbrook Quarry
Little Laurel Lime Park
Potters Quarry

Latitude: 41°23'45"N
Longitude: 73°4'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.395833333333,-73.075

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar
Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar
Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	199246	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	199244,199246	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	199246	2353
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	199244	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	199243	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	199244	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	199243	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	199246	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	199243	27198
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	199244	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	199243	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	199243	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	199246	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	199244,199246	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	199243,199244,199246,199247	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	199243,199244,199247	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	199243,199244,199247	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	199243	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	199243	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	199246	1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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