Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Natural Bridge Gieseckite Locality, Natural Bridge, Wilna Township, Jefferson Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1171.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 992.5

mindat Locality ID: 185681
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185681.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Natural Bridge Gieseckite Locality, Natural Bridge, Wilna Township, Jefferson Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°4'16"N
Longitude: 75°29'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.071111111111,-75.494166666667

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.

Clay	Mica	None	Quartz	Scapolite

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 C Ca H K O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Mica None Quartz Scapolite

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Meionite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1171.9	992.5	176
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1171.9	992.5	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1171.9	992.5	61156

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00349_206_238	1042.5	992.5	1017.5±25	206_238	zircon	Zircon	185681	Natural Bridge Gieseckite Locality, Natural Bridge, Wilna Township, Jefferson Co., New York, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00349_207_206	1171.9	1071.9	1121.9±50	207_206	zircon	Zircon	185681	Natural Bridge Gieseckite Locality, Natural Bridge, Wilna Township, Jefferson Co., New York, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00349_207_235	1071.2	1031.2	1051.2±20	207_235	zircon	Zircon	185681	Natural Bridge Gieseckite Locality, Natural Bridge, Wilna Township, Jefferson Co., New York, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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