Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cold Spring, Town Of Philipstown, Putnam Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 13393
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13393.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cold Spring, Town Of Philipstown, Putnam Co., New York, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cotton Rock
Hustis Quarry
Mount Taurus Quarry (Mt Taurus Quarry; Bull Hill Quarry; Verplanck Quarry)

Latitude: 41°26'12"N
Longitude: 73°56'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.436666666667,-73.936666666667

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Titanite	Zircon

Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 F Fe H Mg Mo O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Titanite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	248481	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	248483	27770
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	248481,248482	951
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	248481,248482	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	248482	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	248483	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	248483	9617
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	248481	1271
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	248483	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	248483	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	248483	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	248482	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	248482	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	248483	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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