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Locality Name:
Mineville, Moriah Township, Mineville District, Essex Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1035
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 6417
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6417.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineville, Moriah Township, Mineville District, Essex Co., New York, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Barton Hill
Fisher Hill
Lee Mine
Mine 21 (Twenty-One Mine)
Mineville Mines (Adirondack Ore Mines; Harmony Bed; Old Bed; New Bed; Upper Works Ore Body; Miller Pit; 21-Joker Bonanza)
Pilfershire Mine
Welch Farm Prospect

Latitude: 44°4'41"N
Longitude: 73°30'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.078055555556,-73.513055555556
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 As B C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Th Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Ce Fe H Mg Na O P Si Th Ti Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFluoriteMica
MonaziteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTitaniteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite-(Y)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Edenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21035100903419
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)103510090706
Allanite-(Y)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaY(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10351009028
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1035100912479429052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61035100912479422060
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2103510090160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1035100908173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2103510090129
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1035100912479412740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2103510093247936,247941,2479429617
Graphite  (*)NoneC1035100912479442812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310351009124794214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31035100905433
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O10351009099
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4103510098247935,247936,247938,247939,247940,247941,247942,24794314899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)103510090945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210351009124794217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2103510092247942,24794439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210351009124794261156
Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCeBSiO510351009019
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1035100901006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1035100912479424899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1035100912479415251


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_051103510091022±13U/Pb zircon   Zircon  6417Mineville, Moriah Township, Mineville District, Essex Co., New York, USAMinevilleMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
ree-00675541541Precambrian  low      6417Mineville, Moriah Township, Mineville District, Essex Co., New York, USAMineville dumpsOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

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