Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New Britain, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 64582
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64582.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Britain, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Arute Field
Sherrill Street Quarry
State Route 9 - Ellis Street And State Route 72 Interchanges (State Route 72 Roadcut)
State Route 9 & State Route 71 Interchange

Latitude: 41°41'15"N
Longitude: 72°45'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.6875,-72.764444444444

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.

Allophane	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Gadolinite
Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Gadolinite
Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	198887	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	198888	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	198886,198887,198888	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	198888	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	198886,198888	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	198886,198887,198888,198889	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	198888	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	198886,198887,198888,198889	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	198888	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	198888	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	198886,198887,198888	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	198886	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	198888	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	198888	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	3	198887,198888,198889	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	198886,198888,198889	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	198888	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	198886,198888,198889	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	198887,198889	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	198888	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	198888	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	198886,198887,198888	12537
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	198888	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	198887,198888	1898
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	198886,198887,198888,198889	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	198886,198888	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	198888	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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