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Locality Name:
Pitcairn, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23114
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23114.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pitcairn, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Rose Road
Toothaker Creek State Forest

Latitude: 44°12'14"N
Longitude: 75°16'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.203888888889,-75.269166666667
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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeFeldsparMicaNatrolite
NonePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzScapoliteSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteTridymite
WollastoniteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Diopside  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Meionite  (*)Microcline  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)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)212487443419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2248744,2487458803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124874911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3248744,248745,24874627770
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312487451797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63248744,248745,2487464135
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2248744,2487452740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3248744,248746,2487497437
Graphite  (*)NoneC3248744,248745,2487462812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124874914640
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl2248744,248745139
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)2248744,248745176
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12487444924
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12487451236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1248745884
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23248744,248745,2487462273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22248744,2487451898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23248744,248745,24874639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22248744,24874961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124874521482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412487451934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2248744,2487454899
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312487441247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2248744,2487455251


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