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Locality Name:
Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Costello Quarry
Michiel Quarry
Mountain Top Trucking Quarry
O & G Burrville Quarry (O & G No. 4 Quarry)
Rossi Road
Soapstone Quarry
Torringford
West Torrington Nickel Mines (Coe Copper Mine; Hodges Mine; Barber Mine; Torrington Nickel Mine)

Latitude: 41°49'57"N
Longitude: 73°7'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.8325,-73.123333333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Kieserite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel
Staurolite	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Staurolite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Kieserite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel
Staurolite Talc Titanite

23 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	199021	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	199021	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	199026	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	199021	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	199021,199026	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	199024	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	199023	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	199021	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	199021,199024	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	199025	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	199026	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	199021	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	199026	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	199021,199025	61156
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	199023	978
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	199026	139
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	199024	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	199021	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	199021,199024	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	199026	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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