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Locality Name:
Crown Point Township, Essex Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1041
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1021

mindat Locality ID: 20744
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20744.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crown Point Township, Essex Co., New York, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Crown Point Center
Overshot Pond
Penfield Pond

Latitude: 43°56'36"N
Longitude: 73°31'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.943333333333,-73.530833333333

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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F O P 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmorphousApatiteChalcopyriteClayEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteHalotrichiteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteSchoepiteSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelTitaniteTourmalineZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fourmarierite  (*)Graphite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)104110214247887,247889,247890,2478928803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)104110213247889,247890,247892706
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22247887,24788927198
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4104110211247892196
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1041102102740
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O104110212247887,24789261
Graphite  (*)NoneC2247894,2478962812
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O104110212247887,247892198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42247889,24789114899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)104110214247887,247889,247890,2478924924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21041102112478875800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1041102112478871508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2102810222247889,24789017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1041102112478872994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O104110211247887144
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O104110211247887265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22247889,24789139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21041102112478873106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8104110212247887,2478929056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2104110213247889,247890,24789261156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1041102112478922705
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O104110212247887,24789256
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6104110211247887688
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1041102112478871006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2247887,2478894899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2104110212247887,2478922718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O104110212247887,247892890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)104110213247889,247890,2478925251



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_056102810221025±3U/Pb zircon   Zircon  216252Crown Point Pegmatite, Crown Point Center, Crown Point Township, Essex Co., New York, USACrown PointMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_055104110211031±10U/Pb zircon   Zircon  20644Roe Spar Bed (Roe Spar Pegmatite; Roe Mine; Spar Bed Hill), Crown Point Center, Crown Point Township, Essex Co., New York, USASpar Bed HillMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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