Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°43'9"N
Longitude: 72°55'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.719166666667,-72.923888888889

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Allophane ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	470
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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