Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
White Rock District (White Rocks District), Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 277.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 277.9

mindat Locality ID: 6784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Rock District (White Rocks District), Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Riverside Quarry (Western Quarry)
The Feldspar Corp. Quarry
Unnamed SE Quarry (molybdenite Locality)
White Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry)

Latitude: 41°33'6"N
Longitude: 72°35'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.551666666667,-72.597222222222

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	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite
Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Topaz	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Autunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Diopside ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Columbite
Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite
Topaz Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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	277.9	277.9	1	199154	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	277.9	277.9	4	199151,199152,199153,199154	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	277.9	277.9	3	199151,199153,199154	2353
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	277.9	277.9	2	199151,199154	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	277.9	277.9	1	199154	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	277.9	277.9	1	199154	1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	277.9	277.9	1	199154	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	277.9	277.9	4	199151,199152,199153,199154	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	277.9	277.9	1	199154	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	277.9	277.9	1	199154	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	277.9	277.9	2	199151,199154	518
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	277.9	277.9	2	199151,199154	181
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	277.9	277.9	1	199154	4135
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	277.9	277.9	2	199151,199154	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	277.9	277.9	3	199151,199153,199154	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	277.9	277.9	2	199151,199154	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	277.9	277.9	1	199151	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	277.9	277.9	1	199154	1544
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	277.9	277.9	1	199154	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	277.9	277.9	1	199154	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	277.9	277.9	1	199154	1507
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	277.9	277.9	2	199151,199154	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	277.9	277.9	4	199151,199152,199153,199154	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	277.9	277.9	1	199153	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	277.9	277.9	4	199151,199152,199153,199154	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	277.9	277.9	2	199151,199154	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	277.9	277.9	1	199154	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	277.9	277.9	2	199153,199154	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	277.9	277.9	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	277.9	277.9	4	199151,199152,199153,199154	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	277.9	277.9	0		969
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	277.9	277.9	1	199154	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	277.9	277.9	1	199154	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	277.9	277.9	3	199151,199152,199154	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	277.9	277.9	1	199154	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	277.9	277.9	1	199154	688
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	277.9	277.9	1	199154	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	277.9	277.9	1	199154	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	277.9	277.9	2	199151,199154	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	277.9	277.9	1	199154	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	277.9	277.9	1	199154	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	277.9	277.9	2	199151,199154	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00159	277.9	277.9	277.9	U-Pb			monazite			Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	17878	Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA	Middletown	Fenner (1932)	10.2475/ajs.s5-23.136.327	AJS5_327

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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