Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Edwards Mine (St. Joe Lead), Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 10879
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10879.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Edwards Mine (St. Joe Lead), Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°19'0"N
Longitude: 75°15'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.316666666667,-75.25

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Warwickite

Acanthite ()*	Afghanite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Lazurite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Warwickite ()*

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: Ag Al As B C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Tetrahedrite Warwickite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1600	1000	2793
Afghanite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite	(Na,K)₂₂Ca₁₀(Si₂₄Al₂₄)O₉₆(SO₄)₆Cl₆	1600	1000	25
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1600	1000	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1600	1000	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1600	1000	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1600	1000	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1600	1000	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1600	1000	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1600	1000	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1600	1000	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1600	1000	24243
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	1600	1000	37
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1600	1000	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1600	1000	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1600	1000	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1600	1000	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	1000	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1600	1000	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1600	1000	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	2562
Warwickite ()*	Warwickite	(Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)₂O(BO₃)	1600	1000	15

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00223	1305	1284	1305-1284 Ma (geological relations)	geological relations										10879	Edwards Mine (St. Joe Lead), Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	Edwards	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00457	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic											10879	Edwards Mine (St. Joe Lead), Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	Edwards	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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