Farmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Farmington Trap Rock Quarry | Quarry (Backfilled) |
Farmington | Town |
Hartford County | County |
Connecticut | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 43' 40'' North , 72° 48' 11'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Quarry (Backfilled) - last checked 2023
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Farmington | 25,000 (2017) | 2.5km |
West Hartford | 63,268 (2017) | 6.4km |
Newington | 30,562 (2017) | 7.4km |
Plainville | 17,328 (2017) | 7.5km |
New Britain | 72,808 (2017) | 7.7km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Bristol Gem & Mineral Club | Bristol, Connecticut | 14km |
Lapidary and Mineral Society of Central Connecticut | Meriden, Connecticut | 21km |
Connecticut Valley Mineral Club | Springfield, Massachusetts | 45km |
New Haven Mineral Club | New Haven, Connecticut | 48km |
Mindat Locality ID:
238731
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:238731:7
GUID (UUID V4):
f4b11804-ef0e-4a59-bdd4-91f49ba7012c
An old quarry in the early Jurassic Talcott Basalt excavated from an undetermined time until the early 1930s. From the 1930s until circa 1970, the quarry pit was filled with municipal solid waste. This is likely the locality for many old specimens just attributed to "Farmington" as it predates the modern state Route 4 road cut nearby and the Tilcon quarry on US Route 6. The basalt here is a pillow lava, which is exposed just to the south on state Route 4. The matrix for specimens from here will show greenish alteration and curved pillow surfaces. The other Farmington trap rock quarry on US Route 6 (Tilcon) is in dense Holyoke Basalt.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
✪ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Habit: rhombohedral Colour: yellow Description: small, yellow, transparent xls of calcite which were nearly cubic in form (Bartsch, 1940). |
ⓘ 'Chabazite' |
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' |
ⓘ Datolite Formula: CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Habit: Coatings Colour: Red-brown Description: Red-brown coatings on fractures. References: |
✪ Heulandite-Ca Formula: (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O Habit: coffin-shaped aggregates Colour: cream Description: Crystal aggregates to at least 2 cm found with other minerals in voids in basalt. Species ID based on multiple analysis of similar crystals from around the state, all of which are heulandite-Ca. References: |
✪ Prehnite Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 Habit: botryoidal aggregates Colour: pale green |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup' Formula: M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
ⓘ | Quartz var. Amethyst | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Datolite | 9.AJ.20 | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
ⓘ | Prehnite | 9.DP.20 | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
ⓘ | Heulandite-Ca | 9.GE.05 | (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Chabazite' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Stilbite Subgroup' | - | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Datolite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
H | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
H | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
H | ⓘ Heulandite-Ca | (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O |
B | Boron | |
B | ⓘ Datolite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Datolite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
O | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
O | ⓘ Heulandite-Ca | (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | ⓘ Heulandite-Ca | (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
Al | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
Al | ⓘ Heulandite-Ca | (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Datolite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
Si | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
Si | ⓘ Heulandite-Ca | (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Datolite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
Ca | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
Ca | ⓘ Heulandite-Ca | (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
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