Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Finlay Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 185779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Finlay Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°32'57"N
Longitude: 74°59'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.549166666667,-74.995555555556

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 Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteFeldsparMolybdeniteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzScapoliteTourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Meionite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1600100008803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16001000027770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61600100004135
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)160010000176
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1600100004924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21600100005800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216001000039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216001000061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1600100002705
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21600100002562



1 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
sedexmvt-0023216001000Mesoproterozoic host rock age   Yes  23993Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USAPierrepontTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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