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Locality Name:
State Route 9 - Ellis Street And State Route 72 Interchanges (State Route 72 Roadcut), New Britain, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA


mindat Locality ID: 5583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "State Route 9 - Ellis Street And State Route 72 Interchanges (State Route 72 Roadcut), New Britain, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°39'20"N
Longitude: 72°46'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.655555555556,-72.770277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Na O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeGadoliniteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPectolitePrehniteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)0498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)0363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


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