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Locality Name:
Town Of Monroe, Orange Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23930
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23930.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Town Of Monroe, Orange Co., New York, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lake Mombasha
Mica Mine
Rich Mine
VIllage Of Monroe

Latitude: 41°18'16"N
Longitude: 74°9'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.304444444444,-74.163055555556

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 C Ca Ce Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAragoniteCalciteChevkiniteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparGarnetHumiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSpinelTalcTitaniteZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinoenstatite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)
Fluoro-pargasite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)Potassic-pargasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)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)212483423419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3248342,248345,2483468803
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41248342708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2248342,2483483250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612483422060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2248342,24834627770
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)22248345,24834689
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F22248342,248345285
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42248345,2483463902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43248345,248346,248348951
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6124834294
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612483424135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2248342,2483458173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1248342371
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6084
Fluoro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22F212483459
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12483427437
Graphite  (*)NoneC12483452812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312483451544
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)22248342,248346209
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312483455433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612483452228
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2124834680
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O47248340,248341,248342,248344,248345,248346,24834814899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212483425800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12483462349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812483421512
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22Cl212483429
Potassic-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)212483429
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22248345,24834639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83248342,248345,2483469056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22248340,24834661156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)20375
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512483451516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42248342,2483451934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22248345,2483463337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12483454899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212483422562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)4248342,248345,248346,2483475251



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